Co-Operative Committee on Japanese Canadians v Canada (Attorney General)

Co-Operative Committee on Japanese Canadians v Canada (Attorney General)

Co-operative Committee on Japanese Canadians et al v Attorney-General of Canada et al (1946), [1947] 1 DLR 577
Appeal of the Reference Re Deportation of the Japanese ([1946] SCR 248), regarding PC orders 7355, 7356 and 7357. Their lordships canvassed the various arguments brought by the appellants before concluding that: "[T]heir Lordships find themselves in agreement with the conclusion at which Rinfret C.J. and Kerwin and Taschereau JJ. arrived, and for the reasons they have expressed will humbly advise His Majesty that none of the Orders in Council is in any respect ultra vires and that the appeal should be dismissed (593)."
Plaintiffs
The Crown in right of Canada [Reference Case]
Defendants
Co-operative Committee on Japanese Canadians
Appellants
Co-operative Committee on Japanese Canadians et al
Respondents
The Crown in right of Canada [Reference Case]
Judges

Metadata

Title

Co-Operative Committee on Japanese Canadians v Canada (Attorney General)

Credits

Researcher: Monique F. Ulysses
Researcher: Lauren Chalaturnyk
Metadata author: Connell Parish
Metadata author: Gordon Lyall
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Source: Judicial Committee of the Privy Council . Dominion Law Reports. 1946.

Terminology

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