| R v Big M Drug Mart Ltd | |
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| Hearing: March 6–7, 1984 Judgment: April 24, 1985 | |
| Full case name | Her Majesty The Queen in Right of Canada v Big M Drug Mart Ltd |
| Citations | [1985] 1 SCR 295, 18 DLR (4th) 321, 3 WWR 481, 18 CCC (3d) 385, 37 Alta LR (2d) 97 |
| Docket No. | 18125 [1] |
| Prior history | Judgment for the defendant in the Court of Appeal of Alberta. |
| Ruling | Appeal dismissed |
| Holding | |
| The Lord's Day Act violates section 2 of the Charter and is therefore invalid. | |
| Court membership | |
| Chief Justice: Bora Laskin Puisne Justices: Roland Ritchie, Brian Dickson, Jean Beetz, Willard Estey, William McIntyre, Julien Chouinard, Antonio Lamer, Bertha Wilson | |
| Reasons given | |
| Majority | Dickson J (paras 1–151), joined by Beetz, McIntyre, Chouinard and Lamer JJ |
| Concurrence | Wilson J (paras 152–164) |
| Laskin CJ and Ritchie and Estey JJ took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. | |
R v Big M Drug Mart Ltd[2] (Her Majesty The Queen in Right of Canada v Big M Drug Mart Ltd) is a landmark decision by Supreme Court of Canada where the Court struck down the federal Lord's Day Act for violating section 2 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. This case had many firsts in constitutional law including being the first to interpret section two.
- ^ SCC Case Information - Docket 18125 Supreme Court of Canada
- ^ R. v. Big M Drug Mart Ltd., 1985 CANLII 69, [1985] 1 SCR 295 (24 April 1985), Supreme Court (Canada)