R v. Simon (1985)
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R v. Simon (1985) is a landmark Supreme Court of Canada decision that affirmed Mi'kmaq treaty rights under the historic Peace and Friendship Treaties, particularly regarding hunting rights.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| R v. Simon (1985) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12407402 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: R v. Simon (1985) Context triple: [Peace and Friendship Treaties, referencedIn, R v. Simon (1985)]
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A.
R v Oakes
R v Oakes is a landmark 1986 Supreme Court of Canada decision that established the proportionality framework used to justify limits on rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
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B.
R v Thorpe and Others (1979)
R v Thorpe and Others (1979) was the high-profile criminal trial in which former Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe and co-defendants were prosecuted over an alleged conspiracy to murder Norman Scott.
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C.
R v McIlkenny and others
R v McIlkenny and others is the criminal case in which the men later known as the Birmingham Six were controversially convicted in 1975 for the Birmingham pub bombings, convictions that were ultimately quashed in 1991.
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D.
Guerin v. The Queen
Guerin v. The Queen is a landmark 1984 Supreme Court of Canada decision that established the federal government’s fiduciary duty toward Indigenous peoples in its management of reserve lands.
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E.
R. v. Lavell
R. v. Lavell is a landmark 1974 Supreme Court of Canada decision that addressed sex discrimination in the Indian Act and tested the scope and effectiveness of the Canadian Bill of Rights in protecting equality rights.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: R v. Simon (1985) Target entity description: R v. Simon (1985) is a landmark Supreme Court of Canada decision that affirmed Mi'kmaq treaty rights under the historic Peace and Friendship Treaties, particularly regarding hunting rights.
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A.
R v Oakes
R v Oakes is a landmark 1986 Supreme Court of Canada decision that established the proportionality framework used to justify limits on rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
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B.
R v Thorpe and Others (1979)
R v Thorpe and Others (1979) was the high-profile criminal trial in which former Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe and co-defendants were prosecuted over an alleged conspiracy to murder Norman Scott.
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C.
R v McIlkenny and others
R v McIlkenny and others is the criminal case in which the men later known as the Birmingham Six were controversially convicted in 1975 for the Birmingham pub bombings, convictions that were ultimately quashed in 1991.
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D.
Guerin v. The Queen
Guerin v. The Queen is a landmark 1984 Supreme Court of Canada decision that established the federal government’s fiduciary duty toward Indigenous peoples in its management of reserve lands.
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E.
R. v. Lavell
R. v. Lavell is a landmark 1974 Supreme Court of Canada decision that addressed sex discrimination in the Indian Act and tested the scope and effectiveness of the Canadian Bill of Rights in protecting equality rights.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.