1989 reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada
# 1989 reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada

The list below consists of the reasons delivered from the bench by the Supreme Court of Canada during 1989. This list, however, does not include decisions on motions.

## Reasons

| Delivered the Court's reason | Joined the Court's reason | Filed a concurrence | Joined a concurrence |
| - | - | - | - |
| Filed a dissent | Joined a dissent | Filed a concurrence/dissent | Joined a concurrence/dissent |
| Did not participate in the judgment | Did not participate in the final disposition of the judgment | Not a member of the Court at the time of hearing or delivering |
| Decisions that do not note a Justice delivering the Court's reason are per coram. Multiple concurrences and dissents within a case are numbered, with joining votes numbered accordingly. Justices occasionally join multiple reasons in a single case; each vote is subdivided accordingly. Multiple unnumbered reasons are jointly written or delivered. Decisions that are given orally from the bench are denoted by a "V"; per coram decisions delivered orally from the bench only note a "V" on the most senior justice on the panel. An asterisk ( * ) in the Court's opinion denotes that it was only a majority in part or a plurality. ||||
| Case name | Argued | Decided | Dickson | McIntyre | Lamer | Wilson | La Forest | L'Heureux-Dubé | Sopinka | Gonthier | Cory | McLachlin |
| R. v. Amway Corp., [1989] 1 SCR 21 | | January 19, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| R. v. Hayes, [1989] 1 SCR 44 | | January 19, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| R. v. Ross, [1989] 1 SCR 3 | | January 19, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| R. v. Genest, [1989] 1 SCR 59 | | January 26, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| R. v. Duguay, [1989] 1 SCR 93 | | January 26, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Granger v. Canada (Canada Employment and Immigration Commission), [1989] 1 SCR 141 | | February 1, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Reference re Workers' Compensation Act, 1983 (Nfld.) (Application to intervene), [1989] 2 SCR 335 | | February 2, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ontario (Attorney General) v. Pembina Exploration Canada Ltd., [1989] 1 SCR 206 | | February 13, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Andrews v. Law Society of British Columbia, [1989] 1 SCR 143 | | February 23, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| R. v. Roman, [1989] 1 SCR 230 | | February 23, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| R. v. Hébert, [1989] 1 SCR 233 | | February 23, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| American Airlines Inc. v. Canada (Competition Tribunal), [1989] 1 SCR 236 | | March 1, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Sobeys Stores Ltd. v. Yeomans and Labour Standards Tribunal (N.S.), [1989] 1 SCR 238 | | March 2, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| B. (B.) v. Child and Family Services, [1989] 1 SCR 291 | | March 2, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Arthur D. Little Inc. v. Coopers & Lybrand, [1989] 1 SCR 293 | | March 2, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Case name | Argued | Decided | Dickson | McIntyre | Lamer | Wilson | La Forest | L'Heureux-Dubé | Sopinka | Gonthier | Cory | McLachlin |
| R. v. Gill, [1989] 1 SCR 295 | | March 3, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Brosseau v. Alberta Securities Commission, [1989] 1 SCR 301 | | March 9, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Roberts v. Canada, [1989] 1 SCR 322 | | March 9, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Borowski v. Canada (Attorney General), [1989] 1 SCR 342 | | March 9, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| R. v. Chaulk (Application), [1989] 1 SCR 369 | | March 13, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Greater Montreal Protestant School Board v. Quebec (Attorney General), [1989] 1 SCR 377 | | March 16, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Quebec (Attorney General) v. Belmoral Mines Ltée, [1989] 1 SCR 422 | | March 16, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| R. v. Elias, [1989] 1 SCR 423 | | March 17, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| R. v. Bayard, [1989] 1 SCR 425 | | March 22, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Hunter Engineering Co. v. Syncrude Canada Ltd., [1989] 1 SCR 426 | | March 23, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| R. v. Potvin, [1989] 1 SCR 525 | | March 23, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Prassad v. Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration), [1989] 1 SCR 560 | | March 23, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Neveu v. Côté Estate (Motion), [1989] 2 SCR 342 | | April 11, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| R. v. Olson, [1989] 1 SCR 296 | | April 13, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Québec Ready Mix Inc. v. Rocois Construction Inc., [1989] 1 SCR 695 | | April 20, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Case name | Argued | Decided | Dickson | McIntyre | Lamer | Wilson | La Forest | L'Heureux-Dubé | Sopinka | Gonthier | Cory | McLachlin |
| Laurentide Motels Ltd. v. Beauport (City), [1989] 1 SCR 705 | | April 20, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Veilleux v. Quebec (Commission de protection du territoire agricole), [1989] 1 SCR 839 | | April 20, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Gauthier v. Quebec (Commission de Protection du Territoire Agricole), [1989] 1 SCR 859 | | April 20, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Venne v. Quebec (Commission de la Protection du Territoire Agricole), [1989] 1 SCR 880 | | April 20, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Lebel v. Winzen Land Corp., [1989] 1 SCR 918 | | April 20, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Black v. Law Society of Alberta, [1989] 1 SCR 591 | | April 20, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| General Motors of Canada Ltd. v. City National Leasing, [1989] 1 SCR 641 | | April 20, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Reference Re Workers' Compensation Act, 1983 (Nfld.), [1989] 1 SCR 922 | | April 24, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| R. v. Mcginn, [1989] 1 SCR 1035 | | April 26, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Irwin Toy Ltd. v. Quebec (Attorney General), [1989] 1 SCR 927 | | April 27, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Cohnstaedt v. University of Regina, [1989] 1 SCR 1011 | | April 27, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Maurice v. Priel, [1989] 1 SCR 1023 | | April 27, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| R. v. Lamb, [1989] 1 SCR 1036 | | April 28, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Slaight Communications Inc. v. Davidson, [1989] 1 SCR 1038 | | May 4, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Vorvis v. Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, [1989] 1 SCR 1085 | | May 4, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Case name | Argued | Decided | Dickson | McIntyre | Lamer | Wilson | La Forest | L'Heureux-Dubé | Sopinka | Gonthier | Cory | McLachlin |
| Canadian Pacific Air Lines Ltd. v. British Columbia, [1989] 1 SCR 1133 | | May 4, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Air Canada v. British Columbia, [1989] 1 SCR 1161 | | May 4, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Brooks v. Canada Safeway Ltd., [1989] 1 SCR 1219 | | May 4, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Janzen v. Platy Enterprises Ltd., [1989] 1 SCR 1252 | | May 4, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| R. v. Turpin, [1989] 1 SCR 1296 | | May 4, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| R. v. Zeolkowski, [1989] 1 SCR 1378 | | May 18, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| R. v. Howard, [1989] 1 SCR 1337 | | May 18, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Elsom v. Elsom, [1989] 1 SCR 1367 | | May 18, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| R. v. Mohl, [1989] 1 SCR 1389 | | May 25, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| R. v. Lambretta; see also R. v. Adams, [1989] 1 SCR 1391 | | May 26, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| R. v. Streu, [1989] 1 SCR 1521 | | June 8, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| YMHA Jewish Community Centre of Winnipeg Inc. v. Brown, [1989] 1 SCR 1532 | | June 8, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Air Canada v. Mcdonnell Douglas Corp., [1989] 1 SCR 1554 | | June 8, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Moysa v. Alberta (Labour Relations Board), [1989] 1 SCR 1572 | | June 8, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| R. v. Tutton, [1989] 1 SCR 1392 | | June 8, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Case name | Argued | Decided | Dickson | McIntyre | Lamer | Wilson | La Forest | L'Heureux-Dubé | Sopinka | Gonthier | Cory | McLachlin |
| R. v. Waite, [1989] 1 SCR 1436 | | June 8, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Scott v. Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Co., [1989] 1 SCR 1445 | | June 8, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| United States of America v. Cotroni; United States of America v. El Zein, [1989] 1 SCR 1469 | | June 8, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| R. v. Leblanc, [1989] 1 SCR 1583 | | June 13, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| R. v. Gagné, [1989] 1 SCR 1584 | | June 15, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Service d'optique Élite ltée v. Ordre des optométristes du Québec, [1989] 1 SCR 1585 | | June 16, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| R. v. Leduc, [1989] 1 SCR 1586 | | June 16, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Dupont v. Watier, [1989] 1 SCR 1588 | | June 19, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| R. v. Lavigne, [1989] 1 SCR 1591 | | June 19, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Belcourt Construction Co. v. Roger Marchand Ltée, [1989] 1 SCR 1593 | | June 21, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| R. v. Kalanj, [1989] 1 SCR 1594 | | June 22, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Pioneer Hi-Bred Ltd. v. Canada (Commissioner of Patents), [1989] 1 SCR 1623 | | June 22, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| R. v. Pringle, [1989] 1 SCR 1645 | | June 22, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| R. v. Conway, [1989] 1 SCR 1659 | | June 22, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bell Canada v. Canada (Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission), [1989] 1 SCR 1722 | | June 22, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Case name | Argued | Decided | Dickson | McIntyre | Lamer | Wilson | La Forest | L'Heureux-Dubé | Sopinka | Gonthier | Cory | McLachlin |
| R. v. Meltzer, [1989] 1 SCR 1764 | | June 29, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| R. v. Heikel, [1989] 1 SCR 1776 | | June 29, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| R. v. Ouellette, [1989] 1 SCR 1781 | | June 29, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| British Columbia v. Henfrey Samson Belair Ltd., [1989] 2 SCR 24 | | July 13, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| R. v. Provo, [1989] 2 SCR 3 | | July 13, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Canada (Auditor General) v. Canada (Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources), [1989] 2 SCR 49 | | August 10, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| R. v. D. (L.E.), [1989] 2 SCR 111 | | August 10, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| R. v. Black, [1989] 2 SCR 138 | | August 10, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Greater Montreal Protestant School Board v. Quebec (Attorney General), [1989] 2 SCR 167 | | August 10, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Lac Minerals Ltd. v. International Corona Resources Ltd., [1989] 2 SCR 574 | | August 11, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Nelles v. Ontario, [1989] 2 SCR 170 | | August 14, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Alberta Government Telephones v. (Canada) Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, [1989] 2 SCR 225 | | August 14, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| IBEW v. Alberta Government Telephones, [1989] 2 SCR 318 | | August 14, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| R. v. Cassidy, [1989] 2 SCR 345 | | September 14, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Mackay v. Manitoba, [1989] 2 SCR 357 | | September 14, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Case name | Argued | Decided | Dickson | McIntyre | Lamer | Wilson | La Forest | L'Heureux-Dubé | Sopinka | Gonthier | Cory | McLachlin |
| R. v. Smith, [1989] 2 SCR 368 | | September 14, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| R. v. Leaney, [1989] 2 SCR 393 | | September 14, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Dallaire v. Paul-Émile Martel Inc, [1989] 2 SCR 419 | | September 14, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bank of Montreal v. Kuet Leong Ng, [1989] 2 SCR 429 | | September 28, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| R. v. M. (S.H.), [1989] 2 SCR 446 | | September 28, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| R. v. L. (J.E.), [1989] 2 SCR 510 | | September 28, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q.N.s. paper co. v. Chartwell shipping ltd., [1989] 2 SCR 683 | | September 28, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Watkins v. Olafson, [1989] 2 SCR 750 | | September 28, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Scarff v. Wilson, [1989] 2 SCR 776 | | September 28, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Falk Bros. Industries Ltd. v. Elance Steel Fabricating Co., [1989] 2 SCR 778 | | September 28, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Nova Scotia (Attorney General) v. Nova Scotia (Royal Commission into Marshall Prosecution), [1989] 2 SCR 788 | | October 5, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Mackeigan v. Hickman, [1989] 2 SCR 796 | | October 5, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| R. v. D. (G.C.), [1989] 2 SCR 878 | | October 5, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Chandler v. Alberta Association of Architects, [1989] 2 SCR 848 | | October 12, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Syndicat des Employés de Production d Québec et et l'Acadie v. Canada (Canadian Human Rights Commission), [1989] 2 SCR 879 | | October 12, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Case name | Argued | Decided | Dickson | McIntyre | Lamer | Wilson | La Forest | L'Heureux-Dubé | Sopinka | Gonthier | Cory | McLachlin |
| R. v. Docherty, [1989] 2 SCR 941 | | October 12, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Hémond v. Coopérative fédérée du Québec, [1989] 2 SCR 962 | | October 12, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| R. v. Pinske, [1989] 2 SCR 979 | | October 12, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Arthur D. Little Inc. v. Coopers & Lybrand (Application), [1989] 2 SCR 981 | | October 13, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Caimaw v. Paccar of Canada Ltd., [1989] 2 SCR 983 | | October 26, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Lejeune v. Cumis Insurance Society Inc., [1989] 2 SCR 1048 | | October 26, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| R. v. Hare, [1989] 2 SCR 1065 | | November 2, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Canadian Pacific Air Lines Ltd. v. British Columbia (Re-hearing), [1989] 2 SCR 1067 | | November 6, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Oregon Jack Creek Indian Band v. Canadian National Railway Co., [1989] 2 SCR 1069 | | November 7, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| R. v. Ionson, [1989] 2 SCR 1073 | | November 8, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| R. v. Nygaard, [1989] 2 SCR 1074 | | November 9, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Tremblay v. Daigle, [1989] 2 SCR 530 | | November 16, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Tétreault-Gadoury v. Canada (Employment and Immigration Commission), [1989] 2 SCR 1110 | | November 17, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| R. v. Szlovak, [1989] 2 SCR 1114 | | November 28, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| R. v. Stensrud, [1989] 2 SCR 1115 | | November 30, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Case name | Argued | Decided | Dickson | McIntyre | Lamer | Wilson | La Forest | L'Heureux-Dubé | Sopinka | Gonthier | Cory | McLachlin |
| R. v. Hall, [1989] 2 SCR 1117 | | November 30, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| R. v. Sarvaria, [1989] 2 SCR 1118 | | December 1, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| R. v. Smith, [1989] 2 SCR 1120 | | December 7, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| R. v. Debot, [1989] 2 SCR 1140 | | December 7, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Tock v. St. John's Metropolitan Area Board, [1989] 2 SCR 1181 | | December 7, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Just v. British Columbia, [1989] 2 SCR 1228 | | December 7, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Rothfield v. Manolakos, [1989] 2 SCR 1259 | | December 7, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| R. v. Hearn, [1989] 2 SCR 1180 | | December 8, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Saskatchewan (Human Rights Commission) v. Saskatoon (City), [1989] 2 SCR 1297 | | December 21, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Saskatchewan (Human Rights Commission) v. Moose Jaw (city), [1989] 2 SCR 1317 | | December 21, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Edmonton Journal v. Alberta (Attorney General), [1989] 2 SCR 1326 | | December 21, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| R. v. Lee, [1989] 2 SCR 1384 | | December 21, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
| R. v. Buttar, [1989] 2 SCR 1429 | | December 21, 1989 | | | | | | | | | | |
