Updated Supreme Court Stats

Back by request, here’s the updated report card that ILPC Fellow Peter Vicaire started in 2011.

Link to Vicaire’s post here.

Supreme Court of Canada’s Aboriginal Law Report Card

Here’s the Supreme Court of Canada’s report card in Aboriginal law.  Since the repatriation of the Constitution in 1982, the court has  found in favour (the “u” is added for all our dear Canadian friends) of Aboriginal interests a total of 21/64 times, or 32.8%.  The current make-up of the court (McLachlin, Binnie, LeBel, Deschamps, Fish, Abella, Charron, Rothstein, and Cromwell) have individually found in favour of Aboriginal interests 65/175 times, or 37.1%.

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Updated Supreme Court Justice Report Card

Here’s an updated report card on the Supreme Court Justices’ holdings in Indian Law after yesterday’s United States v. Tohono O’odham Nation decision.

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