| Boucher v The King | |
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| Hearing: Judgment: December 18, 1950 | |
| Full case name | Aime Boucher v. His Majesty the King |
| Citations | [1951] SCR 265 |
| Prior history | Judgment for the Crown in the Quebec Court of King's Bench, Appeal Side. |
| Ruling | Appeal allowed. |
| Holding | |
| The criminal offence of seditious libel requires language that is calculated to promote public disorder or physical force or violence. | |
| Court membership | |
| Chief Justice: Thibaudeau Rinfret Puisne Justices: Patrick Kerwin, Robert Taschereau, Ivan Rand, Roy Kellock, James Wilfred Estey, Charles Holland Locke, John Robert Cartwright, Gerald Fauteux | |
| Reasons given | |
| Majority | Kerwin J. |
| Concurrence | Rand J. |
| Concurrence | Kellock J. |
| Concurrence | Estey J. |
| Concurrence | Locke J. |
| Dissent | Rinfret C.J. |
| Dissent | Taschereau J. |
| Dissent | Cartwright J., joined by Fauteux J. |
R v Boucher is a Supreme Court of Canada decision. In the case, the Court overturned a conviction for seditious libel, on the grounds that criticizing the government was a valid form of protest.