Browse Legal Cases

The legal case file index can be browsed by name of each case, date of judgement, plaintiffs, defendants (or Respondents if an appeal), as well as by the judges who rendered the decision. Each case has a summary of the verdict and background. A full copy of the document, typically from Western Weekly Reports publications, can be downloaded.

Title	Date	Plaintiffs	Defendants	Respondents	Judges
Re Homma	28 November 1900	Homma, Tomey	British Columbia	British Columbia	Chief Justice of Canada McColl
British Columbia v Homma	08 March 1901	Homma, Tomey	British Columbia	Homma, Tomey	Justice of Canada Walkem Justice of Canada Drake Justice of Canada Martin
Cooksley v Nakashiba	17 July 1901				Justice of Canada Martin
Tanaka et al. v Russell	11 February 1902	Tanaka	Russell		Justice of Canada Irving
Reference re: British Columbia Provincial Elections Act, 1897	04 July 1902	Homma	British Columbia	Homma	Lord Chancellor Lord Macnaghten Lord Davey Lord Robertson Lord Lindley
Tanaka v Russell	01 August 1902	Tanaka	Russell		Justice of Canada Martin
Re Kanamura	27 April 1904	Kanamura	Vancouver Licensing Board		Chief Justice of Canada Hunter Justice of Canada Martin Justice of Canada Duff
R v Aho	18 November 1904	The Crown	Aho	The Crown	Chief Justice of Canada Hunter Justice of Canada Martin Justice of Canada Duff Justice of Canada Irving
Canada v Malsufuro	19 March 1908	Lucas, Edward Alexander	Malsufuro		County Court Justice Grant
Jones v Okada	01 June 1908	Jones	Okada		Justice of Canada Dugas
Re Fukuichi Aho	11 January 1909	Aho			County Court Justice Grant
Whitla v Toye	12 February 1909	Whitla	Toye		Justice of Canada Macdonald
Ishitaka v British Columbia Land and Investment Agency, Ltd.	23 November 1910	Ishitaka	British Columbia Land and Investment Agency, Limited	British Columbia Land and Investment Agency, Limited	Chief Justice of Appeal Macdonald Justice of Appeal Martin Justice of Appeal Irving
Bingham v Shumate	28 March 1911	Bingham	Shumate	Shumate	Justice of Canada Morrison Chief Justice of Appeal MacDonald Justice of Appeal Irving Justice of Appeal Galliher
British Columbia Land and Investment Agency Ltd. v. Ishitaka	04 October 1911	Ishitaka	British Columbia Land and Investment Agency, Limited	Ishitaka	Chief Justice of Canada Fitzpatrick Justice of Canada Davies Justice of Canada Idington Justice of Canada Duff Justice of Canada Anglin Justice of Canada Brodeur
Municipal Elections Act (Re)	05 January 1912				Justice of Canada Gregory
Bingham v Shumate	29 October 1912	Bingham	Shumate	Shumate	Chief Justice of Canada Fitzpatrick Justice of Canada Idington Justice of Canada Duff Justice of Canada Anglin Justice of Canada Brodeur
Canada v Singh	28 November 1913	Singh	The Crown		Chief Justice of British Columbia Hunter
R v Quong-Wing	12 February 1914	The Crown	Quong-Wing	The Crown	Chief Justice of Canada Fitzpatrick Justice of Canada Davies Justice of Canada Anglin Justice of Canada Idington Justice of Canada Duff
Nakata v Dominion Fire Insurance Co	26 March 1915	Nakata	Dominion Fire Insurance Co	Nakata	Chief Justice of Canada Harvey Justice of Canada Scott Justice of Canada Stuart Justice of Canada Simmions
Dominion Fire Insurance Co v Nakata	19 October 1915	Nakata	Dominion Fire Insurance Co	Nakata	Chief Justice of Canada Fitzpatrick Justice of Canada Davies Justice of Canada Idington Justice of Canada Duff Justice of Canada Brodeur
Yamashita v Hudson Bay Insurance Co.	29 October 1918	Yamashita	Hudson Bay Insurance Co		Justice of Canada Morrison
Matsui & Co v Brown	07 November 1919	Matsui & Company	Brown		Justice of Canada Clement
Matsui & Co v Brown (BCAC)	27 April 1920	Matsui & Company	Brown	Brown	Chief Justice of Appeal MacDonald Justice of Appeal Martin Justice of Appeal Galliher Justice of Appeal McPhillips Justice of Appeal Eberts
British Columbia (Attorney General) v Canada (Minister of Justice)	22 June 1920	British Columbia [Reference Case]	Canada		Chief Justice of Appeal Macdonald Justice of Appeal Galliher Justice of Appeal McPhillips
Rex v Nyshimura	28 June 1920	The Crown	Nyshimura	The Crown	Chief Justice of Saskatchewan Haultain Justice of Appeal Newlands Justice of Appeal Lamont Justice of Appeal Elwood
Cleary et al v. Hite	24 May 1921	Cleary	Hite	Cleary	Justice of Canada McKay
Re Oriental Orders in Council Validation Act	07 February 1922	The Crown in right of Canada [Reference Case]			Chief Justice of Canada Davis Justice of Canada Idington Justice of Canada Duff Justice of Canada Anglin Justice of Canada Brodeur Justice of Canada Mignault
Reference re: Act to validate and confirm orders in council and provisions relating to the employment of persons on Crown property (British Columbia)	07 February 1922	The Crown in right of Canada [Reference Case]			Chief Justice of Canada Davis Justice of Canada Idington Justice of Canada Duff Justice of Canada Anglin Justice of Canada Brodeur Justice of Canada Mignault
Grant v Matsubayashi and Tanabe	16 June 1922	Grant	Matsubayashi Tanabe	Matsubayashi Tanabe	Chief Justice of Appeal Macdonald Justice of Appeal Galliher Justice of Appeal McPhillips Justice of Appeal Eberts
Fujita and Company, Limited (Plaintiff) Respondent v. Northern Fruit Company, Limited (Defendant) Appellant	20 December 1922	Fujita and Company	Northern Fruit Company	Fujita and Company	Chief Justice of Saskatchewan Haultain Justice of Appeal Turgeon Justice of Appeal McKay Justice of Appeal Martin
Re Nippon Kinyu Sha Ltd, Ex p Totaro Fujino	05 January 1923				Justice of Canada Murphy
Reference re: Act to Validate and Confirm Orders in Council and Provisions to the Employment of Persons on Crown Property (B.C.)	12 July 1923	The Crown in right of Canada [Reference Case]			Viscount Haldane Lord Buckmaster Lord Atkinson Lord Shaw Lord Sumner
Conds v Kabota	04 May 1925	Conds	Kubota	Kubota	Justice of Canada McDonald
Yee Clun v City of Regina	14 November 1925	Yee Clun	City of Regina		Justice of Canada Mackenzie
R v Nozaki	24 March 1926	The Crown	Nozaki	The Crown	Chief Justice of Appeal Macdonald Justice of Appeal Martin Justice of Appeal Galliher Justice of Appeal McPhillips Justice of Appeal Macdonald
Canadian American Shipping Company, Limited v SS “Woron”	06 July 1926	Canadian American Shipping Company, Limited	SS. “Woron”		Justice of Canada Martin
SS "WORON" v CAN AM SHIPPING Co, Ltd	10 November 1926	Canadian American Shipping Company, Limited	SS. “Woron”	SS. “Woron”	Justice of Canada Audette
In re Nakauchi Estate	14 June 1927				Justice of Canada Taylor
Snia Viscoha Societa Nazionale Industria Applicazioni Viscosa v Yuri Maru (The)	05 July 1927	Canadian American Shipping Company, Limited	SS. “Woron”	Canadian American Shipping Company, Limited	Viscount Haldane Viscount Sumner Lord Shaw Lord Merrivale Lord Warrington
R v Wakabayashi	05 January 1928	The Crown	Wakabayashi		Justice of Canada Macdonald
Fukukawa v American Timber Holding Co.	06 March 1928	Fukuwara	American Timber Holding Co.		Chief Justice of British Columbia Hunter
Canada v Nishi	24 August 1928	Toku	The Crown		Justice of Canada Murphy
Rex v Clun	16 November 1928	The Crown	Yee Clun	The Crown	Justice of Canada Bigelow
Canada v Samejima	29 June 1931	Samejima, Munetaka	The Crown		Justice of Canada Fisher
Davis v. Yoshida	22 September 1931	Davis	Yoshida	Yoshida	Justice of Canada Macdonald
R v Samejima	30 October 1931	Samejima	The Crown		Justice of Canada Murphy
Canada v Samejima (BCAC)	28 January 1932	Samejima, Munetaka	The Crown	The Crown	Chief Justice of British Columbia Macdonald Justice of Appeal Martin Justice of Appeal MacPhillips Justice of Appeal Macdonald
Samejima v The King	27 April 1932	Samejima	The Crown	The Crown	Chief Justice of Canada Anglin Justice of Canada Duff Justice of Canada Lamont Justice of Canada Smith Justice of Canada Cannon
Samejima v Canada	27 April 1932	Samejima	The Crown	The Crown	Chief Justice of Canada Anglin Justice of Canada Duff Justice of Canada Lamont Justice of Canada Smith Justice of Canada Cannon
R v Takagashi	24 October 1932	The Crown	Takagashi		Justice of Canada Macdonald
Mori v Lion Lumber Co.	25 October 1932	Mori			Justice of Canada Fisher
Vancouver Salt Co. v. R. Tabata and Co. (Trustee of)	01 December 1932			R Tabata and Co (Trustee of)	Justice of Canada Fisher
Young v Uchiyama	08 March 1933	Young	Uchiyama		Justice of Canada Fisher
Young v Uchiyama (BCAC)	14 June 1933	Young	Uchiyama	Young	Chief Justice of British Columbia Macdonald Justice of Appeal Martin Justice of Appeal MacPhillips Justice of Appeal Macdonald
Fujiwara v Osawa	16 January 1936	Fujiwara	Osawa		Justice of Canada Manson
Fujiwara v Osawa	02 June 1937	Fujiwara	Osawa	Fujiwara	Chief Justice of British Columbia Martin Justice of Appeal McPhillips Justice of Appeal McQuarry
Ogawa v Fujiwara	17 February 1938	Fujiwara	Osawa	Fujiwara	Chief Justice of Canada Duff Justice of Canada Rinfret Justice of Canada Crocket Justice of Canada Kerwin Justice of Canada Hudson
Ogawa v Fujiwara	17 February 1938	Fujiwara	Osawa	Fujiwara	Chief Justice of Canada Duff Justice of Canada Rinfret Justice of Canada Crocket Justice of Canada Kerwin Justice of Canada Hudson
R v Shim	26 April 1938	The Crown	Shim	The Crown	Chief Justice of Canada Duff Justice of Canada Cannon Justice of Canada Crocket Justice of Canada Davis Justice of Canada Hudson
Reference re: British North America Act, 1867 (U.K.), s. 91	17 June 1938	Attorney-General of Canada [Reference Case]	Attorney-General of Quebec		Chief Justice of Canada Duff Justice of Canada Cannon Justice of Canada Crocket Justice of Canada Davis Justice of Canada Kerwin Justice of Canada Hudson
Hanada v British Columbia Electric Railway Co.	01 May 1939	Hanada	British Columbia Electric Railway Co	Hanada	Chief Justice of British Columbia Martin Justice of Appeal MacDonald Justice of Appeal O'Halloran
Christie v York Corp	10 May 1939	Christie	York Corp	York Corp	Chief Justice of Canada Duff Justice of Canada Rinfret Justice of Canada Crocket Justice of Canada Davis Justice of Canada Kerwin
Irizawa v Corner	21 December 1939	Irizawa	Corner and M. Furuya Company Limited		County Court Justice Swanson
Murakami Estate v Henderson	12 February 1942	Murakami, Itoku	Henderson		Chief Justice of Supreme Court Morrison
Ponyicky v Sawayama	29 September 1942	Ponyicky	Sawayama	Sawayama	Chief Justice of British Columbia McDonald Justice of Appeal McQuarrie Justice of Appeal Sloan Justice of Appeal O'Halloran Justice of Appeal Fisher
In re Shawaga Estate	02 October 1942	Custodian of Enemy Property	Bogucki	Custodian of Enemy Property	Chief Justice of Saskatchewan Martin Justice of Appeal Mackenzie Justice of Appeal MacDonald
In re Shawaga Estate Bogucki v. Western Trust Company and Custodian of Enemy Property (No. 3)	02 October 1942	Bogucki	Custodian of Enemy Property		Justice of Canada Dorion
Reference Re: Regulations in Relation to Chemicals	14 December 1942	The Crown in right of Canada [Reference Case]			Chief Justice of Canada Duff Justice of Canada Rinfret Justice of Canada Davis Justice of Canada Kerwin Justice of Canada Hudson Justice of Canada Taschereau
Ponyicki v Sawayama	02 February 1943	Ponyicki	Sawayama	Sawayama	Justice of Canada Rinfret Justice of Canada Davis Justice of Canada Kerwin Justice of Canada Hudson Justice of Canada Taschereau
Shapiro et al v Wilkinson	02 November 1943	Shapiro	Wilkinson	Wilkinson	Justice of Appeal Riddell Justice of Appeal Gillanders Justice of Appeal Laidlaw
In re The Saskatchewan Insurance Act In re Shawaga Estate (No. 2)	15 May 1944	Bogucki, Annie	Custodian for Enemy Property		Justice of Canada Dorion
Nakashima v Canada	29 May 1944	Nakashima	The King		Justice of Canada Thorson
Wilkinson v Shapiro	14 November 1944	Shapiro	Wilkinson	Shapiro	Justice of Canada Kerwin Justice of Canada Hudson Justice of Canada Taschereau Justice of Canada Kellock Justice of Canada Estey
Reference re Deportation of Japanese	24 January 1946	The Crown in right of Canada [Reference Case]	Co-operative Committee on Japanese Canadians		Chief Justice of Canada Rinfret Justice of Canada Kerwin Justice of Canada Hudson Justice of Canada Taschereau Justice of Canada Rand Justice of Canada Kellock Justice of Canada Estey
Reference Re: Persons of Japanese Race	24 January 1946	The Crown in right of Canada [Reference Case]			Chief Justice of Canada Rinfret Justice of Canada Kerwin Justice of Canada Hudson Justice of Canada Taschereau Justice of Canada Rand Justice of Canada Kellock Justice of Canada Estey
Co-Operative Committee on Japanese Canadians v Canada (Attorney General)	16 July 1946	The Crown in right of Canada [Reference Case]	Co-operative Committee on Japanese Canadians	The Crown in right of Canada [Reference Case]	Viscount Simon Lord Wright Lord Porter Lord Uthwatt Duff
Suzuki v Ionian Leader (The)	21 June 1950	Suzuki	Ionian Leader		Justice of Appeal Smith

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