R v Boucher
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R v Boucher is a Supreme Court of Canada decision where the Court overturned a conviction for seditious libel on the grounds that criticizing the government was a valid form of protest.
Quick Facts R v Boucher, Hearing: Judgment: December 18, 1950 ...
R v Boucher | |
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Hearing: Judgment: December 18, 1950 | |
Full case name | Aime Boucher v. His Majesty the King |
Citations | [1951] SCR 265 |
Prior history | Judgment for the Crown in the Quebec Court of King's Bench, Appeal Side. |
Ruling | Appeal allowed. |
Holding | |
The criminal offence of seditious libel requires language that is calculated to promote public disorder or physical force or violence. | |
Court membership | |
Chief Justice: Thibaudeau Rinfret Puisne Justices: Patrick Kerwin, Robert Taschereau, Ivan Rand, Roy Kellock, James Wilfred Estey, Charles Holland Locke, John Robert Cartwright, Gerald Fauteux | |
Reasons given | |
Majority | Kerwin J. |
Concurrence | Rand J. |
Concurrence | Kellock J. |
Concurrence | Estey J. |
Concurrence | Locke J. |
Dissent | Rinfret C.J. |
Dissent | Taschereau J. |
Dissent | Cartwright J., joined by Fauteux J. |
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