Little Sisters Book and Art Emporium v Canada
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Little Sisters Book and Art Emporium v Canada (Minister of Justice) [2000] 2 S.C.R. 1120, 2000 SCC 69 is a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision on freedom of expression and equality rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. It was held that the Customs Act, which gave broad powers to customs inspectors to exclude "obscene" materials, violated the right to freedom of expression under section 2 but was justifiable under section 1.[1]
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Quick Facts Little Sisters Book and Art Emporium v Canada (Minister of Justice), Hearing: March 16, 2000 Judgment: December 15, 2000 ...
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Hearing: March 16, 2000 Judgment: December 15, 2000 | |
Full case name | Little Sisters Book and Art Emporium, James Eaton Deva and Guy Allen Bruce Smythe v The Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, the Minister of National Revenue and the Attorney General of British Columbia |
Citations | [2000] 2 S.C.R. 1120, 2000 SCC 69 (CanLII) Parallel citations: (2000), 193 D.L.R. (4th) 193; (2000), [2001] 2 W.W.R. 1; (2000), 150 C.C.C. (3d) 1; (2000), 28 Admin. L.R. (3d) 1; (2000), 28 Admin. L.R. (3e) 1; (2000), 38 C.R. (5th) 209; (2000), 79 C.R.R. (2d) 189; (2000), 83 B.C.L.R. (3d) 1 |
Prior history | Judgment for the Minister of Justice at the British Columbia Court of Appeal |
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Reasons given | |
Majority | Binnie J. (paras. 1-161), joined by McLachlin C.J. and L'Heureux-Dubé, Gonthier, Major, and Bastarache JJ. |
Concur/dissent | Iacobucci J. (paras. 162-283), joined by Arbour and LeBel J. |
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