R. v. Drybones

E715440

Canadian constitutional law case Supreme Court of Canada decision landmark case

R. v. Drybones is a landmark 1970 Supreme Court of Canada decision that strengthened the Canadian Bill of Rights by ruling that a law discriminating against an Indigenous person was inoperative because it violated equality rights.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Canadian constitutional law case ⓘ Supreme Court of Canada decision ⓘ landmark case ⓘ
appliedStatute	Canadian Bill of Rights NERFINISHED ⓘ
citationJurisdiction	Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
constitutionalContext	pre-Charter Canadian rights protection ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
court	Supreme Court of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
decisionDate	1970 ⓘ
finding	the discriminatory provision conflicted with the equality guarantees in the Canadian Bill of Rights ⓘ the impugned provision discriminated against an Indigenous person on the basis of race ⓘ
fullCaseName	R. v. Drybones NERFINISHED ⓘ
held	a federal law that discriminates on the basis of race can be inoperative under the Canadian Bill of Rights ⓘ the Canadian Bill of Rights can render inconsistent federal legislation inoperative NERFINISHED ⓘ
impugnedLaw	a federal law that criminalized certain conduct by an Indigenous person that was not criminal for non-Indigenous persons ⓘ a provision of the Indian Act ⓘ
influenced	judicial approaches to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms ⓘ later Canadian equality jurisprudence ⓘ
involvedGroup	Indigenous peoples in Canada ⓘ
issue	racial discrimination against an Indigenous person ⓘ scope and effect of the Canadian Bill of Rights ⓘ
jurisdiction	federal ⓘ
languageOfRecord	English ⓘ
legalArea	aboriginal law ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ equality rights ⓘ human rights law ⓘ
legalEffect	demonstrated that the Canadian Bill of Rights could have quasi-constitutional status ⓘ
legalSystem	common law ⓘ
levelOfCourt	apex court decision ⓘ
partOf	Canadian constitutional jurisprudence ⓘ Canadian human rights jurisprudence ⓘ
precedentFor	interpretation of equality rights in Canadian federal law ⓘ judicial review of federal legislation under the Canadian Bill of Rights ⓘ
result	impugned provision declared inoperative ⓘ
rightsInvolved	equality before the law ⓘ non-discrimination ⓘ
significance	recognized that equality rights in the Canadian Bill of Rights could invalidate discriminatory federal laws ⓘ strengthened the Canadian Bill of Rights ⓘ
timePeriod	20th century ⓘ
typeOfDiscrimination	discrimination against Indigenous persons ⓘ racial discrimination ⓘ

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