Ogg-Moss v. The Queen

[1984] 2 SCR 171 Court SCC Decision date 1983-11-03 Docket 16648, 16763 English

PartiesWilliam Elford Ogg-Moss Appellant·Her Majesty The Queen Respondent·Phyllis Jean Nixon Appellant

Counsel (8)

Ronald L. Doering, for the appellant Ogg-Moss.
R.J. Poirier, for the appellant Nixon.
S. Casey Hill and Kenneth L. Campbell, for the respondent.
Colin L. Campbell and Harry Beatty, for the Ontario Association for the Mentally Retarded.
Solicitor for the appellant Ogg-Moss: Ronald L. Doering, Ottawa.
Solicitors for the appellant Nixon: MacGillivray-Poirier, Thunder Bay.
Solicitor for the respondent: The Attorney General for the Province of Ontario, Toronto.
Solicitors for the Ontario Association for the Mentally Retarded: Campbell and Morse, Toronto; Harry Beatty, Toronto.

Judges Ritchie, Roland Almon; Dickson, Robert George Brian; Estey, Willard Zebedee; McIntyre, William Rogers; Chouinard, Julien

Decision 4–1 Majority (4) · RITCHIE J. (1)

On appeal from Ontario

Subjects Action

Contents

Majority

The judgment of the Court was delivered orally by

RITCHIE J.

RITCHIE J.—We are all of the opinion that rule 18(2) of the Rules of the Supreme Court of Canada^[1] has no application to purely criminal appeals. These interventions are therefore disallowed.

Judgment accordingly.

Solicitor for the appellant Ogg-Moss: Ronald L. Doering, Ottawa.

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Solicitors for the appellant Nixon: MacGillivray-Poirier, Thunder Bay.

Solicitor for the respondent: The Attorney General for the Province of Ontario, Toronto.

Solicitors for the Ontario Association for the Mentally Retarded: Campbell and Morse, Toronto; Harry Beatty, Toronto.

Footnotes

[1] The Court has amended Rule 18 of the Rules of the Supreme Court of Canada on December 18, 1983, SOR/83-930, by revoking subs. (2).