Board of Commerce case
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Re Board of Commerce Act 1919 and the Combines and Fair Prices Act 1919,[1] commonly known as the Board of Commerce case, is a Canadian constitutional decision of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in which the "emergency doctrine" under the federal power of peace, order and good government was first created.
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Board of Commerce case | |
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Court | Judicial Committee of the Privy Council |
Full case name | The Attorney General of Canada v The Attorney General of Alberta and others |
Decided | November 8, 1921 (1921-11-08) |
Citation(s) | [1921] UKPC 107, [1922] 1 A.C. 191 |
Case history | |
Prior action(s) | In re Board of Commerce, 1920 CanLII 66, [1920] SCR 456 (1 June 1920) |
Appealed from | Supreme Court of Canada |
Court membership | |
Judges sitting | Viscount Haldane, Lord Buckmaster, Viscount Cave, Lord Phillimore, Lord Carson |
Case opinions | |
Decision by | Viscount Haldane |
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