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2 unusual facts about Quebec Superior Court


Louis-Napoléon Fortin

His election in 1881 was overturned after a decision by the Quebec Superior Court in 1883.

Plains of Abraham

The Mayor of Quebec City, Jean-Georges Garneau, in 1908 appointed a landmark commission under the chairmanship of Chief Justice of the Quebec Superior Court François Langelier.


George Savoidakis

He welcomed a Quebec Superior Court ruling in 1985 that determined the province's Charter of the French Language could not prevent businesses from using English on signs and advertisements.

James Brunton

James Brunton is a judge on the Quebec Superior Court who in late 2005 ruled that no restrictions should be placed upon Karla Homolka's freedom following the completion of her jail term earlier that year.


see also

Alan Gold

Alan B. Gold (1917–2005), former chief justice of the Quebec Superior Court

An Act respecting the exercise of the fundamental rights and prerogatives of the Québec people and the Québec State

In August 2007, three justices of the Quebec Court of Appeal unanimously held that Keith Henderson, former Leader of the English-language rights group, the Equality Party, has standing to challenge the legality of the statute, which Quebec Superior Court has dubbed "Bill 99" in the absence of a short title for this particular statute.

Batshaw

Harry Batshaw (1902–1984), Canadian lawyer and a justice of the Quebec Superior Court

Michael Hendricks and René Leboeuf

Hendricks and Leboeuf were represented in the original Quebec Superior Court case by family lawyers Marie-Hélène Dubé and Anne-France Goldwater.