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Amax Potash Ltd. Etc. v. The Government of Saskatchewan

[1977] 2 SCR 576 Court SCC Decision date 1976-10-05 English

PartiesAmax Potash Limited, International Minerals and Chemical Corporation (Canada) Limited, Duval Corporation of Canada, Cominco Ltd., United States Borax & Chemical Corporation, Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Co., Limited, Swift Canadian Co., Limited, PPG Industries Canada Ltd., Alwinsal Potash of Canada Limited, Ideal Basic Industries, Inc., and Texasgulf Potash Company (Plaintiffs) Appellants·The Government of Saskatchewan (Defendant) Respondent

Counsel (6)
J. J. Robinette, Q.C., and W. M. Elliott, Q.C., for the plaintiffs, appellants.
G. W. Ainslie, Q.C., and H. L. Molot, for the intervenant, the Attorney General of Canada.
G. J. D. Taylor, Q.C., R. S. Meldrum, Q.C., and G. V. Peacock, for the defendant, respondent.
W. Henkel, Q.C., for the intervenant, the Attor­ney General of Alberta.
Solicitors for the plaintiffs, appellants: MacPherson, Leslie & Tyerman, Regina.
Solicitors for the defendant, respondent: Goldenberg, Taylor & Tallis, Saskatoon.

Judges Laskin, Bora; Martland, Ronald; Judson, Wilfred; Ritchie, Roland Almon; Spence, Wishart Flett; Pigeon, Louis-Philippe; Dickson, Robert George Brian; Beetz, Jean; de Grandpré, Louis-Philippe

Delivered by Judgment of the Court

On appeal from Saskatchewan

Subjects Action Constitutional law

Contents

Judgment of the Court

The judgment of the Court was delivered by

[1976] 1 W.W.R. 569, 65 D.L.R. (3d) 159.
(1958), 16 D.L.R. (2d) 465, aff'd. [1960] S.C.R. 619.
[1943] A.C. 356.
(1955), 93 C.L.R. 83.

Footnotes

  1. [1] [1976] 1 W.W.R. 569, 65 D.L.R. (3d) 159.
  2. [2] (1958), 16 D.L.R. (2d) 465, aff'd. [1960] S.C.R. 619.
  3. [3] [1943] A.C. 356.
  4. [4] [1962] S.C.R. 642.
  5. [5] (1955), 93 C.L.R. 83.
  6. [6] [1956] A.C. 527 (RC.).
  7. [7] [1920] A.C. 230.
  8. [8] [1937] 3 W.W.R. 119.
  9. [9] (1974] 4 W.W.R. 557.
  10. [10] [1950] 1 All E.R. 591.
  11. [11] [1962] Ch. 784.

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