British Columbia v Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd
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British Columbia v Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd, [2005] 2 S.C.R. 473, 2005 SCC 49, is a decision of the Supreme Court of Canada where the Court found that the provincial Tobacco Damages and Health Care Costs Recovery Act, which allowed the government to sue tobacco companies, was constitutionally valid. Imperial Tobacco Canada is an indirect subsidiary of British American Tobacco.
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British Columbia v Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd | |
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Hearing: June 8, 2005 Judgment: September 29, 2005 | |
Full case name | Imperial Tobacco Canada Limited et al. v. Her Majesty the Queen in Right of British Columbia |
Citations | [2005] 2 S.C.R. 473, 2005 SCC 49 |
Prior history | Judgment for Respondent in the (Court of Appeal for British Columbia) |
Ruling | Appeal dismissed. |
Holding | |
The Act (Tobacco Damages and Health Care Costs Recovery Act) is constitutionally valid. | |
Court membership | |
Chief Justice: Beverley McLachlin Puisne Justices: John C. Major, Michel Bastarache, Ian Binnie, Louis LeBel, Marie Deschamps, Morris Fish, Rosalie Abella, Louise Charron | |
Reasons given | |
Unanimous reasons by | Major J. |
Laws applied | |
Air Canada v. British Columbia, [1989] 1 S.C.R. 1161; Authorson v. Canada (Attorney General), [2003] 2 S.C.R. 40, 2003 SCC 39 |
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