2012 reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada

none August 2023 The table below lists the decisions (known as reasons) delivered from the bench by the Supreme Court of Canada during 2012. The table illustrates what reasons were filed by each justice in each case, and which justices joined each reason. This list, however, does not include reasons on motions. Reasons Case nameArguedDecidedMcLachlinBinnieLeBelDeschampsFishAbellaCharronRothsteinCromwellMoldaverKarakatsanisWagnerToronto Dominion Bank v Canada, 2012 SCC 1 January 12, 2012January 12, 2012VCatalyst Paper Corp v North Cowichan (District), 2012 SCC 2 October 18, 2011January 20, 2012Merck Frosst Canada Ltd v Canada (Health), 2012 SCC 3 November 12, 2010February 3, 2012Reference Re Broadcasting Act, 2012 SCC 4 January 16, 2012February 9, 2012R v DAI, 2012 SCC 5 May 17, 2011February 10, 2012R v TLM, 2012 SCC 6 February 14, 2012February 14, 2012VSL v Commission scolaire des Chênes, 2012 SCC 7 May 18, 2011February 17, 2012Richard v Time Inc, 2012 SCC 8 January 18, 2011February 28, 2012Momentous.ca Corp v Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball Ltd, 2012 SCC 9 February 10, 2012March 15, 2012Halifax (Regional Municipality) v Nova Scotia (Human Rights Commission), 2012 SCC 10 October 19, 2011March 16, 2012Case nameArguedDecidedMcLachlinBinnieLeBelDeschampsFishAbellaCharronRothsteinCromwellMoldaverKarakatsanisWagnerR v Eastgaard, 2012 SCC 11 March 21, 2012March 21, 2012VDoré v Barreau du Québec, 2012 SCC 12 January 26, 2011March 22, 2012R v Ipeelee, 2012 SCC 13 October 17, 2011March 23, 2012Fundy Settlement v Canada, 2012 SCC 14 March 13, 2012April 12, 2012R v Kociuk, 2012 SCC 15 April 12, 2012April 12, 2012VR v Tse, 2012 SCC 16 November 18, 2011April 13, 2012Club Resorts Ltd v Van Breda, 2012 SCC 17 March 21, 2011April 18, 2012Éditions Écosociété Inc v Banro Corp, 2012 SCC 18 March 25, 2011April 18, 2012Breeden v Black, 2012 SCC 19 March 22, 2011April 18, 2012Calgary (City) v Canada, 2012 SCC 20 November 15, 2011April 26, 2012Case nameArguedDecidedMcLachlinBinnieLeBelDeschampsFishAbellaCharronRothsteinCromwellMoldaverKarakatsanisWagnerR v Jesse, 2012 SCC 21 December 9, 2011April 27, 2012R v RP, 2012 SCC 22 December 16, 2011May 11, 2012Tessier Ltée v Quebec (Commission de la santé et de la sécurité du travail), 2012 SCC 23 January 17, 2012May 17, 2012R v Maybin, 2012 SCC 24 December 15, 2011May 18, 2012R v Roy, 2012 SCC 26 November 9, 2011June 1, 2012Annapolis County District School Board v Marshall, 2012 SCC 27 May 8, 2012June 7, 2012R v Gibbons, 2012 SCC 28 December 14, 2011June 8, 2012Halifax (Regional Municipality) v Canada (Public Works and Government Services), 2012 SCC 29 December 12, 2011June 15, 2012Westmount (City) v Rossy, 2012 SCC 30 February 13, 2012June 22, 2012R v Mayuran, 2012 SCC 31 April 19, 2012June 28, 2012Case nameArguedDecidedMcLachlinBinnieLeBelDeschampsFishAbellaCharronRothsteinCromwellMoldaverKarakatsanisWagnerClements v Clements, 2012 SCC 32 February 17, 2012June 29, 2012R v Venneri, 2012 SCC 33 April 16, 2012July 6, 2012Entertainment Software Association v Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada, 2012 SCC 34 December 6, 2011July 12, 2012Rogers Communications Inc v Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada, 2012 SCC 35 December 6, 2011July 12, 2012Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada v Bell Canada, 2012 SCC 36 December 6, 2011July 12, 2012Alberta (Education) v Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (Access Copyright), 2012 SCC 37 December 7, 2011July 12, 2012Re Sound v Motion Picture Theatre Associations of Canada, 2012 SCC 38 December 7, 2011July 12, 2012R v Punko, 2012 SCC 39 March 21, 2012July 20, 2012R v Vu, 2012 SCC 40 February 15, 2012July 26, 2012R v Walle, 2012 SCC 41 April 13, 2012July 27, 2012Case nameArguedDecidedMcLachlinBinnieLeBelDeschampsFishAbellaCharronRothsteinCromwellMoldaverKarakatsanisWagnerR v Knott, 2012 SCC 42 December 14, 2011July 31, 2012Canada v Craig, 2012 SCC 43 March 23, 2012August 1, 2012R v Bellusci, 2012 SCC 44 February 16, 2012August 3, 2012Canada (AG) v Downtown East Side Sex Workers United Against Violence Society et al, 2012 SCC 45 January 19, 2012September 21, 2012AB v Bragg Communications Inc, 2012 SCC 46 May 10, 2012September 27, 2012R v Mabior, 2012 SCC 47 February 8, 2012October 5, 2012R v DC, 2012 SCC 48 February 8, 2012October 5, 2012R v Prokofiew, 2012 SCC 49 November 8, 2011October 12, 2012R v Rochon, 2012 SCC 50 October 16, 2012October 16, 2012V Southcott Estates Inc v Toronto Catholic District School Board, 2012 SCC 51 September 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes March 20, 2012October 17, 2012Case nameArguedDecidedMcLachlinBinnieLeBelDeschampsFishAbellaCharronRothsteinCromwellMoldaverKarakatsanisWagnerCanada v GlaxoSmithKline Inc, 2012 SCC 52 January 13, 2012October 18, 2012R v Cole, 2012 SCC 53 May 15, 2012October 19, 2012R v Picot, 2012 SCC 54 October 19, 2012October 19, 2012VOpitz v Wrzesnewskyj, 2012 SCC 55 July 10, 2012October 25, 2012R v Boudreault, 2012 SCC 56 June 6, 2012October 26, 2012R v St-Onge Lamoureux, 2012 SCC 57 October 13, 2011November 2, 2012R v Dineley, 2012 SCC 58 October 13, 2011November 2, 2012R v Nedelcu, 2012 SCC 59 March 16, 2012November 7, 2012Teva Canada Ltd v Pfizer Canada Inc, 2012 SCC 60 April 18, 2012November 8, 2012Moore v British Columbia (Education), 2012 SCC 61 March 22, 2012November 9, 2012Case nameArguedDecidedMcLachlinBinnieLeBelDeschampsFishAbellaCharronRothsteinCromwellMoldaverKarakatsanisWagnerR v PDT, 2012 SCC 62 November 9, 2012November 9, 2012VR v DJW, 2012 SCC 63 November 16, 2012November 16, 2012VCanada (AG) v Kane, 2012 SCC 64 November 6, 2012November 23, 2012Construction Labour Relations v Driver Iron Inc, 2012 SCC 65 November 15, 2012November 29, 2012R v Aucoin, 2012 SCC 66 May 16, 2012November 30, 2012Newfoundland and Labrador v AbitibiBowater Inc, 2012 SCC 67 November 16, 2011December 7, 201212Reference Re Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2010-167 and Broadcasting Order CRTC 2010-168, 2012 SCC 68 April 17, 2012December 13, 2012R v Khawaja, 2012 SCC 69 June 11, 2012December 14, 2012Sriskandarajah v United States of America, 2012 SCC 70 June 11, 2012December 14, 2012Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada v Canada (AG), 2012 SCC 71 February 9, 2012December 19, 2012Case nameArguedDecidedMcLachlinBinnieLeBelDeschampsFishAbellaCharronRothsteinCromwellMoldaverKarakatsanisWagnerR v NS, 2012 SCC 72 December 8, 2011December 20, 2012R v Yumnu, 2012 SCC 73 March 15, 2012December 21, 2012R v Emms, 2012 SCC 74 March 15, 2012December 21, 2012R v Davey, 2012 SCC 75 March 15, 2012December 21, 2012Case nameArguedDecidedMcLachlinBinnieLeBelDeschampsFishAbellaCharronRothsteinCromwellMoldaverKarakatsanisWagner 2012 Statistics Justice Reasons written % MajorityChief Justice Beverley McLachlin11003Total=1458 of 63 (92.1%)Puisne Justice Ian Binnie0001Total=14 of 5 (80%)Puisne Justice Louis LeBel11204Total=1758 of 67 (86.6%)Puisne Justice Marie Deschamps9001Total=1058 of 61 (95.1%)Puisne Justice Morris Fish6103Total=1056 of 65 (86.2%)Pusine Justice Rosalie Abella8103Total=1264 of 67 (95.5%)Puisne Justice Louise Charron0000Total=04 of 4 (100%)Pusine Justice Marshall Rothstein7003Total=1061 of 68 (89.7%)Pusine Justice Thomas Cromwell6015Total=1255 of 65 (84.6%)Pusine Justice Michael Moldaver11000Total=1153 of 53 (100%)Pusine Justice Andromache Karakatsanis4000Total=451 of 52 (98.1%)Pusine Justice Richard Wagner0000Total=02 of 2 (100%)Notes on statistics: A justice is only included in the majority if they have joined or concurred in the Court's judgment in full. Percentages are based only on the cases in which a justice participated, and are rounded to the nearest decimal. References 2012 decisions: CanLII, LexUM Category:Supreme Court of Canada reasons by year *