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Quebec and Ontario Transportation Co. Ltd. v. Ship ‘Incan St. Laurent’ et al.

[1980] 2 SCR 242 Court SCC Decision date 1980-10-29 English

PartiesQuebec and Ontario Transportation Company Limited Appellant·The Ship “Incan St. Laurent” and Incan Ships Limited Respondents

Counsel (4)
Graham Nesbitt and Thomas Davis, for the appellant.
M.S. Bistrisky, for the respondents.
Solicitors for the appellant: Courtois, Clarkson, Parsons & Tétrault, Montreal.
Solicitor for the respondents: M.S. Bistrisky, Toronto.

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 Federal Court of Appeal

Subjects Courts

Contents

The judgment of the Court was delivered orally by

THE CHIEF JUSTICE—We are all of the opinion that this appeal fails and should be dismissed with costs. Circumstances attending the issues in this case since the judgment of this Court in Quebec North Shore Paper Company et al. v. Canadian Pacific Limited et al.[3], confirm our unanimous view that the judgment of LeDain J. in the Federal Court of Appeal was correct.
Judgment accordingly.
Solicitors for the appellant: Courtois, Clarkson, Parsons & Tétrault, Montreal.
Solicitor for the respondents: M.S. Bistrisky, Toronto.

Footnotes

  1. [1] [1979] 2 F.C. 834.
  2. [2] [1979] 1 F.C. 417.
  3. [3] [1977] 2 S.C.R. 1054.