Liquor Control Commission of Manitoba v. Carling O’Keefe Ltd. et al.

[1977] 1 SCR 99 Court SCC Decision date 1976-02-19 English

PartiesThe Liquor Control Commission of Manitoba Appellant·Carling O’Keefe Limited et al. and The Public Utilities Board of Manitoba Respondents

Counsel (8)

J.S. Walker, Q.C., and B.E. Cristall, for the appellant.
R.J. Scott, C.G. Labman and M.S. Rusen, for the respondents, Carling O’Keefe Ltd., Labatt’s Manitoba Brewery, Kiewel-Pelissier Breweries Ltd. and Molson’s Brewery Manitoba Ltd.
W.C. Gardener, Q.C., for the respondent, The Public Utilities Board of Manitoba.
Solicitors for the appellant: Walker, Cristall & Pandya, Winnipeg.
Solicitors for the Public Utilities Board of Manitoba: Pitblado & Hoskin, Winnipeg.
Solicitors for Carling O’Keefe Ltd.: Thompson, Dorfman, Sweatman, Winnipeg.
Solicitors for Labatt’s Manitoba Brewery and Kiewel-Pelissier Breweries Ltd.: Aikins, MacAulay & Thorvaldson, Winnipeg.
Solicitors for Molson’s Brewery Manitoba Ltd.: Inkster, Walker & Co., Winnipeg.

Judges Laskin, Bora; Judson, Wilfred; Ritchie, Roland Almon; Spence, Wishart Flett; Pigeon, Louis-Philippe; Beetz, Jean; de Grandpré, Louis-Philippe

Delivered by Judgment of the Court

On appeal from Manitoba

Subjects Administrative law

Contents

Judgment of the Court

The judgment of the Court was delivered by

THE CHIEF JUSTICE (orally)—We are all of the opinion that the order of the Manitoba Court of Appeal should be set aside, and it is directed that this matter be returned to the Board to enable it, after proper notice to all parties, to fix a date for the implementation of the price increases approved by the Board in its order of September 23, 1974. The appellant Commission shall have its costs in this Court against the respondent brewers.

We do not interfere with the order as to costs in the Court below.

Appeal allowed.

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Solicitors for the appellant: Walker, Cristall & Pandya, Winnipeg.

Solicitors for the Public Utilities Board of Manitoba: Pitblado & Hoskin, Winnipeg.

Solicitors for Carling O’Keefe Ltd.: Thompson, Dorfman, Sweatman, Winnipeg.

Solicitors for Labatt’s Manitoba Brewery and Kiewel-Pelissier Breweries Ltd.: Aikins, MacAulay & Thorvaldson, Winnipeg.

Solicitors for Molson’s Brewery Manitoba Ltd.: Inkster, Walker & Co., Winnipeg.

Footnotes

[1] [1975] 3 W.W.R. 650, 52 D.L.R. (3d) 723.