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Kirsch et al. v. The Queen

[1981] 1 SCR 438 Court SCC Decision date 1981-02-17 English

PartiesIrving Kirsch and Herschel Rosenthal Applicants·Her Majesty The Queen Respondent

Counsel (6)
François Mercier, Q.C., for the applicant Kirsch.
Harvey Yarosky, for the applicant Rosenthal.
Gabriel Lapointe, Q.C., for the respondent.
Solicitors for the applicant Kirsch: Proulx, Barot & Dupuis, Montreal.
Solicitor for the applicant Rosenthal: Jeffrey K. Boro, Montreal.
Solicitors for the respondent: Lapointe, Schachter & Champagne, Montreal.

Judges Laskin, Bora; Martland, Ronald; Ritchie, Roland Almon; Dickson, Robert George Brian; Estey, Willard Zebedee; McIntyre, William Rogers; Lamer, Antonio

Delivered by Majority

On appeal from Quebec

Subjects Appeal

Contents

The judgment of the Court was delivered orally by

THE CHIEF JUSTICE—The majority of the Court is of the opinion that in the particular circumstances here, affecting both appellants, this appeal should be allowed to proceed. Accordingly, we set aside our order of October 27, 1980 and direct that an application be made forthwith to the Chief Justice to fix a date for the reinscription and hearing of this appeal on the merits[2].
Motion granted.
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Solicitors for the applicant Kirsch: Proulx, Barot & Dupuis, Montreal.
Solicitor for the applicant Rosenthal: Jeffrey K. Boro, Montreal.
Solicitors for the respondent: Lapointe, Schachter & Champagne, Montreal.

Footnotes

  1. [1] [1981] 1 S.C.R. 437.
  2. [2] [1981] 1 S.C.R. 440.