Cushing v Dupuy | |
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Court | Judicial Committee of the Privy Council |
Full case name | Charles Cushing v Louis Dupuy |
Decided | 15 April 1880 |
Citation | 1880 UKPC 22, (1880) 5 AC 409 |
Case history | |
Prior actions | Dupuy v. Cushing, (1878) 22 LCJ 201 |
Appealed from | Quebec Court of Queen's Bench (Appeal Side) |
Court membership | |
Judges sitting | Sir James W. Colvile Sir Barnes Peacock Sir Montague E. Smith Sir Robert P. Collier |
Case opinions | |
Decision by | Sir Montague E. Smith |
Keywords | |
Division of powers, insolvency law, finality of judgments, royal prerogative |
Cushing v Dupuy is a Canadian constitutional law case decided by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in 1880, at that time the highest court of appeal for the British Empire, including Canada. The case was on appeal from the Quebec Court of Queen's Bench (Appeal Side), and dealt with the following issues:
It was also notable for holding that, though the Privy Council would only exceptionally depart from its own previous decisions, it was not bound by them.