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Reference re : Amendment to the Canadian Constitution

[1982] 2 SCR 791 Court SCC Decision date 1982-02-09 Docket 16904 English

PartiesThe Attorney General of Quebec Applicant·The Attorney General of Canada Applicant·The Grand Council of the Crees (of Quebec) Applicant

Counsel (6)
James O’Reilly, for the applicant.
Lucien Bouchard, for the Attorney General of Quebec.
Michel Robert and Raynold Langlois, for the Attorney General of Canada.
Solicitors for the applicant: O’Reilly & Grodinsky, Montreal.
Solicitors for the Attorney General of Quebec: Jean-K. Samson, Lucien Bouchard and Paul‑Arthur Gendreau, Montreal.
Solicitors for the Attorney General of Canada: Raynold Langlois and Michel Robert, Montreal.

Judges Beetz, Jean; Chouinard, Julien; Lamer, Antonio

Delivered by Judgment of the Court — BEETZ J.

On appeal from Quebec

Subjects Appeal

Contents

Judgment of the Court — BEETZ J.

The judgment of the Court was delivered by

BEETZ J.—The applicant seeks leave to appeal from a decision of the Quebec Court of Appeal dated January 5, 1982, which dismissed its application to intervene in a reference ordered by an Order in Council of the Government of Quebec, dated December 9, 1981 and numbered 3367-81.
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HAVING REGARD TO s. 1 of An Act respecting a reference to the Court of Appeal, 1981 (Que.), c. 17;
HAVING REGARD TO s. 37 of the Supreme Court Act, R.S.C. 1970, c. S-19;
We are all of the view that the decision of the Court of Appeal is not subject to appeal.
The application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs.
Application dismissed with costs.
Solicitors for the applicant: O’Reilly & Grodinsky, Montreal.
Solicitors for the Attorney General of Quebec: Jean-K. Samson, Lucien Bouchard and Paul‑Arthur Gendreau, Montreal.
Solicitors for the Attorney General of Canada: Raynold Langlois and Michel Robert, Montreal.
Ed. Note: Leave to intervene in the Supreme Court granted by Dickson, Beetz and Lamer JJ. on April 4, 1982.

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