Freedom of Speech Cases -- A Selection

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Ernst Zundel

Criminal Court Hearings:

First Trial, January to February, 1985

Appeal to Ontario Court of Appeal, 1986

Appeal by Crown to S.C.C., refused, 1987

Second Trial, January to May, 1988

Appeal to Ontario Court of Appeal, 1989

Appeal to Supreme Court of Canada, 1991

False News Law Struck Down by Supreme Court of Canada August 27, 1992

Quasi-Judicial Board Hearings:

Canadian Human Rights Commission, 1990's

Federal Court Appeals

Federal Court Order, Giles ASP, June 13, 1997

Federal Court Order, Rothstein J., September 17, 1997

Federal Court Order, Richard J., April 28, 1998

Federal Court Order, Assessment of Costs, August 11, 1998

Federal Court Order, Evans J., September 22, 1998

Federal Court Order, Reed J., March 23, 1999

Federal Court Order, Campbell J., April 13, 1999

Federal Court Order, Campbell J., December 16, 1999

Federal Court of Appeal Decision of Stone, Isaac & Sharlow, November 10, 2000

Federal Court Assessment of Costs, March 6, 2001

Security Intelligence Review Committee Hearing

Federal Court Appeals

Immigration Board Hearing

Federal Court Appeals

For a complete archive of the Zundel proceedings, from the point of view of the accused, see the Zundelsite

James Keegstra

Criminal Court Matters

Preliminary Hearing, August 1984

First Trial, April 1985 to June 1985

Appeal to Alberta Court of Appeal, 1986

Appeal to Supreme Court of Canada,

Supreme Court of Canada Decision, after a year's wait, December 13, 1990

Second Trial at which Mr. Keegstra acted for himself

Appeal to Alberta Court of Appeal

Appeal to Supreme Court of Canada

Decision in Motion to Quash Application for Leave to Appeal, May 18, 1995

Decision of Supreme Court of Canada, in second appeal, February 28,1996

John Ross Taylor

Supreme Court of Canada Appeal, December 1989

Decision of Supreme Court of Canada, December 13, 1990

Malcolm Ross

Appeal to Courts Prior to Human Rights Hearing

Canadian Human Rights Tribunal Hearing

Appeal to New Brunswick Court of Queen's Bench

Appeal to New Brunswick Court of Appeal

Appeal to Supreme Court of Canada

Doug Christie's Arguments before the Supreme Court

Decision of the Supreme Court of Canada, April 3, 1996 

Harcus, Skryba and Lockhart

Criminal Trial, September 1992

Charges Stayed

Tony McAleer & the Canadian Liberty Net

Quasi-Judicial Board Matters:

First Canadian Human Rights Commission Hearing

Second Canadian Human Rights Commission Hearing, 

Criminal Matters:

Injunction

Federal Court of Appeal Decision, May 27, 1994 Appeal of Injunction

Federal Court of Appeal Decision, January 25, 1996 Contempt of Court Charge

Federal Court Decision September 29, 1997 (Oddly enough, this decision is only available at the Federal Court's website in French)

Federal Court of Appeal, Decision of June 8, 1999

Supreme Court of Canada Decision, April 9, 1998 [1998] 1 S.C.R. 626

Mark Kreuzer

Criminal Trial

Appeal to Alberta Court of Appeal

Leave to Appeal to Supreme Court of Canada Refused

Citizens for Foreign Aid Reform v. CJC

Pre-trial motion decision, BCSC, May 3, 2000

Doug Collins

Original Human Rights Tribunal Decision by Tom Patch, February 2, 1999 (Doug Christie did not act in this instance for Mr. Collins; note the appendices which contain the alleged breaches of the Human Rights Act.)

Judgment in BCSC remitting the constitutional issues to the Human Rights Tribunal, December 2, 1999

Judgment by BC Court of Appeal, January 11, 2001 (appealing the above decision)

Decision by BC Human Rights Tribunal, Tom Patch, November 30, 2001 (Constitutional Issues, finding against freedom of speech; Doug Collins had died at this point, but Doug Christie appealed the case on behalf of his widow.)

Decision by the B.C. Supreme Court, December 20, 2002 (holding that since Doug Collins had died the constitutional issues were moot)

Court of Appeal for B.C., February 13, 2004 (upholding the lower court's decision)

Supreme Court of Canada refused Leave to Appeal, September 2, 2004

William Berscheid

Judgment in Application before BC Court of Appeal, January 29, 1998

Judgment in Supreme Court March 3, 1999 (in which the case is dismissed as moot, after the complaint against Mr. Berscheid is withdrawn)

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