R v Jones
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This article is about the 1986 Supreme Court of Canada case. For the 1799 New Brunswick Supreme Court case, see R v Jones (New Brunswick).
R v Jones, [1986] 2 S.C.R. 284 is an early leading Supreme Court of Canada decision on the freedom of religion under section 2(a) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the right to security of person under section 7.
Quick Facts R v Jones, Hearing: November 19, 1985 Judgment: October 9, 1986 ...
R v Jones | |
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Hearing: November 19, 1985 Judgment: October 9, 1986 | |
Full case name | Thomas Larry Jones v Her Majesty The Queen |
Citations | [1986] 2 S.C.R. 284 |
Docket No. | 18962 [1] |
Ruling | Jones appeal dismissed |
Court membership | |
Chief Justice: Brian Dickson Puisne Justices: Jean Beetz, Willard Estey, William McIntyre, Julien Chouinard, Antonio Lamer, Bertha Wilson, Gerald Le Dain, Gérard La Forest | |
Reasons given | |
Majority | La Forest J. (paras. 1-50), joined by Dickson C.J. |
Concurrence | McIntyre J. (paras. 51-53), joined by Beetz and Le Dain JJ. |
Concurrence | Lamer J. (paras. 54-55) |
Dissent | Wilson J. (paras. 56-87) |
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