2020 reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada

The table below lists the decisions (known as reasons) delivered from the bench by the Supreme Court of Canada during 2020. The table illustrates what reasons were filed by each justice in each case, and which justices joined each reason.

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	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	Wagner	Abella	Moldaver	Karakatsanis	Gascon	Côté	Brown	Rowe	Martin	Kasirer
Reference re Environmental Management Act, 2020 SCC 1	January 16, 2020	January 16, 2020	V
9354-9186 Québec inc. v. Callidus Capital Corp., 2020 SCC 10	January 23, 2020	January 23, 2020
R v Doonanco, 2020 SCC 2	February 18, 2020	February 18, 2020			V
R v S.H., 2020 SCC 3	February 19, 2020	February 19, 2020			V				V
Newfoundland and Labrador (Attorney General) v Uashaunnuat (Innu of Uashat and of Mani-Utenam), 2020 SCC 4	April 24, 2019	February 21, 2020
Nevsun Resources Ltd v Araya, 2020 SCC 5	January 23, 2019	February 28, 2020
MacDonald v. Canada, 2020 SCC 6	October 17, 2019	March 13, 2020
R v K.G.K., 2020 SCC 7	September 25, 2019	March 20, 2020
R v Chung, 2020 SCC 8	January 17, 2020	March 27, 2020
R v Friesen, 2020 SCC 9	October 16, 2019	April 2, 2020
Case name	Argued	Decided	Wagner	Abella	Moldaver	Karakatsanis	Gascon	Côté	Brown	Rowe	Martin	Kasirer
R v Ahmad, 2020 SCC 11	October 11, 2019	May 29, 2020
R v Li, 2020 SCC 12	June 11, 2020	June 11, 2020									V
Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie-Britannique v. British Columbia, 2020 SCC 13	September 26, 2019	June 12, 2020
R v Zora, 2020 SCC 14	December 4, 2019	June 18, 2020
Uber Technologies Inc v Heller, 2020 SCC 16	November 6, 2019	June 26, 2020
Reference re Genetic Non‑Discrimination Act, SCC 2020 17	October 10, 2019	July 10, 2020				*
R v Thanabalasingham, 2020 SCC 18	June 10, 2020	July 17, 2020
Atlantic Lottery Corporation Inc. v Babstock, 2020 SCC 19	December 3, 2019	July 24, 2020
British Columbia (Attorney General) v Provincial Court Judges' Association of British Columbia, 2020 SCC 20	December 9, 2019	July 31, 2020
Nova Scotia (Attorney General) v Judges of the Provincial Court and Family Court of Nova Scotia, 2020 SCC 21	December 9, 2019	July 31, 2020
Case name	Argued	Decided	Wagner	Abella	Moldaver	Karakatsanis	Gascon	Côté	Brown	Rowe	Martin	Kasirer
1704604 Ontario Ltd. v Pointes Protection Association, 2020 SCC 22	November 12, 2019	September 10, 2020
Bent v Platnick, 2020 SCC 23	November 12, 2019	September 10, 2020
Chandos Construction Ltd v Deloitte Restructuring Inc, 2020 SCC 25	January 20, 2020	October 2, 2020
R v Chouhan	October 7, 2020	October 7, 2020
R v Esseghaier	October 7, 2020	October 7, 2020
Matthews v Ocean Nutrition Canada Ltd., 2020 SCC 26	October 8, 2019	October 9, 2020
R v Reilly, 2020 SCC 27	October 13, 2020	October 13, 2020							V
Fraser v Canada (Attorney General), 2020 SCC 28	December 12, 2019	October 16, 2020						1	2	2
Owners, Strata Plan LMS 3905 v. Crystal Square Parking Corp., 2020 SCC 29	June 9, 2020	October 23, 2020
Desjardins Financial Services Firm Inc. v Asselin, 2020 SCC 30	December 5, 2019	October 30, 2020
Case name	Argued	Decided	Wagner	Abella	Moldaver	Karakatsanis	Gascon	Côté	Brown	Rowe	Martin	Kasirer
R v Riley, 2020 SCC 31	November 3, 2020	November 3, 2020				V
Quebec (Attorney General) v 9147-0732 Québec inc., 2020 SCC 32	January 22, 2020	November 5, 2020		1		1					1	2
R v Langan, 2020 SCC 33	November 5, 2020	November 5, 2020		V
R v Kishayinew, 2020 SCC 34	November 5, 2020	November 5, 2020			V
1688782 Ontario Inc. v Maple Leaf Foods Inc., 2020 SCC 35	October 15, 2019	November 6, 2020
R v Slatter, 2020 SCC 36	November 6, 2020	November 6, 2020			V
Hydro-Québec v. Matta, 2020 SCC 37	December 10, 2019	November 13, 2020
Ontario (Attorney General) v G, 2020 SCC 38	February 20, 2020	November 20, 2020
R v Delmas, 2020 SCC 39	December 2, 2020	December 2, 2020			V
R v Mehari, 2020 SCC 40	December 4, 2020	December 4, 2020									V
Case name	Argued	Decided	Wagner	Abella	Moldaver	Karakatsanis	Gascon	Côté	Brown	Rowe	Martin	Kasirer
Co-Operators General Insurance Co. v. Sollio Groupe Coopératif, 2020 SCC 41	December 7, 2020	December 7, 2020										V
R v W.M., 2020 SCC 42	December 10, 2020	December 10, 2020	V
Resolute FP Canada Inc. v Hydro‑Québec, 2020 SCC 43	January 21, 2020	December 11, 2020
R v Cortes Rivera, 2020 SCC 44	December 11, 2020	December 11, 2020		V
C.M. Callow Inc. v. Zollinger, 2020 SCC 45	December 6, 2019	December 18, 2020
Case name	Argued	Decided	Wagner	Abella	Moldaver	Karakatsanis	Gascon	Côté	Brown	Rowe	Martin	Kasirer

References

External links

• 2020 decisions: CanLII, LexUM