R v Andrews

R v Andrews
Supreme Court of Canada
Hearing: December 4 and 5, 1989 Judgment: December 13, 1990
Full case name	Donald Clarke Andrews and Robert Wayne Smith v. Her Majesty the Queen
Citations	[1990] 3 S.C.R. 870
Docket No.	21034 [1]
Prior history	Judgment for the Crown in the Court of Appeal for Ontario.
Ruling	Appeal dismissed
Holding
Applying R. v. Keegstra, the Criminal Code prohibitions on publicly inciting or promoting hatred against an identifiable group is constitutional.
Court membership
Chief Justice: Brian Dickson Puisne Justices: Antonio Lamer, Bertha Wilson, Gérard La Forest, Claire L'Heureux-Dubé, John Sopinka, Charles Gonthier, Peter Cory, Beverley McLachlin
Reasons given
Majority	Dickson C.J., joined by Wilson, L'Heureux-Dubé and Gonthier JJ.
Dissent	McLachlin J., joined by Sopinka J.
Dissent	La Forest J.
Lamer and Cory JJ. took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.

R v Andrews, [1990] 3 S.C.R. 870 is a decision of the Supreme Court of Canada on the freedom of expression under section 2(b) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. It is a companion case to R v Keegstra. The Court upheld the criminal provision that prohibits communicating statements that wilfully promote hatred.