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R v Gladstone | |
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Hearing: November 27–29, 1995 Judgment: August 21, 1996 | |
Full case name | Donald Gladstone and William Gladstone v Her Majesty The Queen |
Citations | [1996] 2 S.C.R. 723 |
Ruling | Gladstone appeal allowed |
Court membership | |
Chief Justice: Antonio Lamer Puisne Justices: Gérard La Forest, Claire L'Heureux-Dubé, John Sopinka, Charles Gonthier, Peter Cory, Beverley McLachlin, Frank Iacobucci, John C. Major | |
Reasons given | |
Majority | Lamer C.J., joined by Sopinka, Gonthier, Cory, Iacobucci and Major JJ. |
Concurrence | L’Heureux‑Dubé J. |
Concurrence | McLachlin J. |
Dissent | La Forest J. |
Laws applied | |
R v Van der Peet, [1996] 2 S.C.R. 507 |
R v Gladstone, [1996] 2 S.C.R. 723 is a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision on non-treaty Aboriginal rights under section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982. The Court modified the Sparrow test for the extinguishment of Aboriginal rights to give more deference to the government in protecting commercial fishing rights.