1999 Reasons of The Supreme Court of Canada - Key

Key

Delivered the Court's reason Joined the Court's reason Filed a concurrence Joined a concurrence
Filed a dissent Joined a dissent Filed a concurrence/dissent Joined a concurrence/dissent
Did not participate in the judgment Not a member of the Court at the time of hearing or delivering
  • Decisions that do not note a Justice delivering the Court's reason are per coram.
  • Multiple concurrences and dissents within a case are numbered, with joining votes numbered accordingly. Justices occasionally join multiple reasons in a single case; each vote is subdivided accordingly.
  • Multiple unnumbered reasons are jointly written or delivered.
  • Decisions that are given orally from the bench are denoted by a "V".

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