R v Big M Drug Mart Ltd
| R v Big M Drug Mart Ltd | |
|---|---|
| Hearing: March 6–7, 1984 Judgment: April 24, 1985 | |
| Full case name | Her Majesty The Queen in Right of Canada v Big M Drug Mart Ltd |
| Citations | [1985] 1 SCR 295, 18 DLR (4th) 321, 3 WWR 481, 18 CCC (3d) 385, 37 Alta LR (2d) 97 |
| Docket No. | 18125 |
| Prior history | Judgment for the defendant in the Court of Appeal of Alberta |
| Ruling | Appeal dismissed |
| Holding | |
| The Lord's Day Act violates section 2 of the Charter and is therefore invalid. | |
| Court membership | |
| Chief Justice: Bora Laskin Puisne Justices: Roland Ritchie, Brian Dickson, Jean Beetz, Willard Estey, William McIntyre, Julien Chouinard, Antonio Lamer, Bertha Wilson | |
| Reasons given | |
| Majority | Dickson (paras 1–151), joined by Beetz, McIntyre, Chouinard, and Lamer |
| Concurrence | Wilson (paras 152–164) |
| Laskin, Ritchie, and Estey took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. | |
R v Big M Drug Mart Ltd (Her Majesty The Queen in Right of Canada v Big M Drug Mart Ltd) is a landmark decision by Supreme Court of Canada where the Court struck down the federal Lord's Day Act for violating section 2 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. This case had many firsts in constitutional law including being the first to interpret section two.