An appeal to the Ontario Court of Appeal was launched in September 2011 and dismissed in April 2012.
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The Court ruled on April 30, 2012 to dismiss the Friends' appeal.
The Court of Appeal for Ontario in Videoflicks Ltd. et al. v. R. (1984) argued that section 27 should receive "significance" from the courts, and that the section could reinforce freedom of religion (section 2).
In 1973, he was appointed to the Court of Appeal for Ontario and two years later was named Chief Justice of the High Court of Justice of Ontario.
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He was appointed to the Supreme Court of Ontario in 1974, the Court of Appeal for Ontario in 1981, and was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada on February 1, 1989.