Northern Telecom v. Communications Workers

[1980] 1 SCR 115 Court SCC Decision date 1979-06-28 English

PartiesNorthern Telecom Limitée Appelante; et Les Travailleurs en communication du Canada Intimé

Counsel (6)

William S. Tyndale, Q.C., and Robert Monette, for the appellant.
Aubrey E. Golden and Maurice Green, for the respondent, Communications Workers of Canada,
George Hynna, for the Canada Labour Relations Board.
Solicitors for the appellant: Ogilvy, Montgomery, Renault, Clarke, Kirkpatrick, Hannon & Howard, Montreal.
Solicitors for the respondent: Golden, Levinson, Toronto.
Solicitor for the Canada Labour Relations Board: L. M. Huart, Ottawa.

Judges Laskin, Bora; Martland, Ronald; Ritchie, Roland Almon; Spence, Wishart Flett; Pigeon, Louis-Philippe; Dickson, Robert George Brian; Beetz, Jean; Estey, Willard Zebedee; Pratte, Yves

Delivered by Judgment of the Court

On appeal from Federal Court of Appeal

Subjects Constitutional law

Judgment of the Court

The judgment of the Court was delivered by

[1977] 2 F.C. 406.

[1970] 2 O.R. 654, appeal quashed [1971] 1 O.R. 121.

[1978] 2 S.C.R. 15.

[1979] 1 S.C.R. 754.

[1974] 1 Can. L.R.B.R. 29.

[1978] 2 S.C.R. 141.

[1978] 2 S.C.R. 191.

[1905] A.C. 52.

[1966] S.C.R. 767.,

[1950] A.C. 122.

[1955] S.C.R. 529, sub. nom. In re the validity of the Industrial Relations and Disputes Investigation Act.

[1975] 1 S.C.R. 178.

Footnotes

[1] [1977] 2 F.C. 406.
[2] [1970] 2 O.R. 654, appeal quashed [1971] 1 O.R. 121.
[3] [1978] 2 S.C.R. 15.
[4] [1979] 1 S.C.R. 754.
[5] [1974] 1 Can. L.R.B.R. 29.
[6] [1978] 2 S.C.R. 141.
[7] [1978] 2 S.C.R. 191.
[8] [1905] A.C. 52.
[9] [1966] S.C.R. 767.,
[10] [1950] A.C. 122.
[11] [1955] S.C.R. 529, sub. nom. In re the validity of the Industrial Relations and Disputes Investigation Act.
[12] [1975] 1 S.C.R. 178.

Cases cited

2 F.C. 406 2 F.C. 406 ¶ 1
2 O.R. 654 2 O.R. 654 ¶ 2
1 O.R. 121 1 O.R. 121 ¶ 2
Jacmain v. Attorney General (Can.) et al. item-5763-1977-09-30 scc 1977-09-30 ¶ 3
Construction Montcalm Inc. v. Min. Wage Com. item-2618-1978-12-21 scc 1978-12-21 ¶ 4
Capital Cities Comm. v. C.R.T.C. item-2586-1977-11-30 scc 1977-11-30 ¶ 6
Public Service Board et al. v. Dionne et al. item-6066-1977-11-30 scc 1977-11-30 ¶ 7
A.C. 52 A.C. 52 ¶ 8
Commission du Salaire Minimum v. Bell Telephone Company of Canada scr-1966-767 scc 1966-10-04 ¶ 9
A.C. 122 A.C. 122 ¶ 10
Validity and Applicability of the Industrial Relations and Disputes Investigation Act scr-1955-529 scc 1955-06-28 ¶ 11
Letter Carrier’s Union of Canada v. Canadian Union of Postal Workers et al. item-5316-1973-10-02 scc 1973-10-02 ¶ 12