Jurisprudence

Case summaries of important decisions prepared by Tyler Goettl

Federal Court – Common List of Authorities

Part AGeneral List
1Ahani v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2002 SCC 2, [2002] 1 S.C.R. 72 Case Summary2Al Sagban v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2002] 1 SCR 133, 2002 SCC 4 (CanLII)Case Summary 3Baker v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [1999] 2 SCR 817, 1999 CanLII 699 (SCC)Case Summary 4Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration) v. Chiarelli, [1992] 1 SCR 711, 1992 CanLII 87 (SCC)Case Summary 5Canada (Attorney General) v. Ward, [1993] 2 SCR 689, 1993 CanLII 105 (SCC)Case Summary 6Chan v. Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration), [1995] 3 SCR 593, 1995 CanLII 71 (SCC)Case Summary 7Charkaoui v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), [2007] 1 SCR 350, 2007 SCC 9 (CanLII)Case Summary 8Chieu v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2002] 1 SCR 84, 2002 SCC 3 (CanLII)Case Summary 9Dehghani v. Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration), [1993] 1 SCR 1053, 1993 CanLII 128 (SCC)Case Summary 10Hilewitz v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration); De Jong v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2005] 2 SCR 706, 2005 SCC 57 (CanLII)Case Summary 11Medovarski v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration); Esteban v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2005] 2 SCR 539, 2005 SCC 51 (CanLII)Case Summary 12Mugesera v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2005] 2 SCR 100, 2005 SCC 40 (CanLII)Case Summary 13Prassad v. Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration), [1989] 1 SCR 560, 1989 CanLII 131 (SCC)Case Summary 14Pushpanathan v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [1998] 1 SCR 982, 1998 CanLII 778 (SCC)Case Summary 15Reza v. Canada, [1994] 2 SCR 394, 1994 CanLII 91 (SCC)Case Summary 16Singh v. Minister of Employment and Immigration, [1985] 1 SCR 177, 1985 CanLII 65 (SCC)Case Summary 17Suresh v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2002] 1 SCR 3, 2002 SCC 1 (CanLII)Case Summary 18Woolaston v. Minister of Manpower and Immigration, [1973] SCR 102, 1972 CanLII 3 (SCC)Case Summary
Part BSpecial List – Motions forStay of Deportation
1Atwal v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2004 FCA 427 (CanLII)Case Summary 2Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Fast, 2002 FCA 292 (CanLII)Case Summary 3Canada (Immigration and Citizenship) v. Forde, 1997 CanLII 12083 (FCA)Case Summary 4Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Thanabalasingham, 2006 FCA 14 (CanLII)Case Summary 5Canada (Solicitor General) v. Subhaschandran, 2005 FCA 27 (CanLII)Case Summary 6El Ouardi v. Canada (Solicitor General), 2005 FCA 42 (CanLII)Case Summary 7Fabian v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2000 CanLII 14859 (FCA)Case Summary 8Jeyarajah v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 1999 CanLII 7551 (FCA)Case Summary 9Manitoba (A.G.) v. Metropolitan Stores Ltd., [1987] 1 SCR 110, 1987 CanLII 79 (SCC)Case Summary 10Oberlander v. Canada (Attorney General), 2003 FCA 134 (CanLII)Case Summary 11Owusu v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2003 FCA 470 (CanLII)Case Summary 12RJR — MacDonald Inc. v. Canada (Attorney General), [1994] 1 SCR 311, 1994 CanLII 117 (SCC)Case Summary 13Romans v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2001 FCA 244 (CanLII)Case Summary 14Said v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 1999 CanLII 7860 (FCA)Case Summary 15Ghanaseharan Selliah v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2004 FCA 261 (CanLII)Case Summary 16Simoes v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2000 CanLII 15668 (FC)Case Summary 17Sivagnanansuntharam v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2004 FCA 70 (CanLII)Case Summary 18Suresh v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration ), [1999] 4 FCR 206, 1999 CanLII 8393 (FCA)Case Summary 19Tesoro v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2005 FCA 148 (CanLII)Case Summary 20Toth v. Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration), 1988 CanLII 1420 (FCA)Case Summary 21Townsend v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2004 FCA 247 (CanLII)Case Summary 22Wang v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2001] 3 FCR 682, 2001 FCT 148 (CanLII)Case Summary
Part CUpdates (2012)
1Baron v. Canada (Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), [2010] 2 FCR 311, 2009 FCA 81 (CanLII)Case Summary 2Borowski v. Canada (Attorney General), [1989] 1 SCR 342, 1989 CanLII 123 (SCC)Case Summary 3Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) v. Khosa, [2009] 1 SCR 339, 2009 SCC 12 (CanLII)Case Summary 4Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Thanabalasingham, [2004] 3 FCR 572, 2004 FCA 4 (CanLII)Case Summary 5Villafranca 1992 CarswellNat 78, [1992] F.C.J. No. 1189Case Summary6Cepeda-Gutierrez v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 1998 CanLII 8667 (FC)Case Summary 7Committee for Justice and Liberty et al. v. National Energy Board et al., [1978] 1 SCR 369, 1976 CanLII 2 (SCC)Case Summary 8Flores Carrillo v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2008] 4 FCR 636, 2008 FCA 94 (CanLII)Case Summary 9de Guzman v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2006] 3 FCR 655, 2005 FCA 436 (CanLII)Case Summary 10Dunsmuir v. New Brunswick, [2008] 1 SCR 190, 2008 SCC 9 (CanLII)Case Summary 11Hassan v. Canada (Minister of Employment & Immigration), 1992 CarswellNat 562Case Summary12Harb v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2003 FCA 39 (CanLII)Case Summary 13Hawthorne v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2003] 2 FCR 555, 2002 FCA 475 (CanLII)Case Summary 14Hilo v. Canada (Minister of Employment & Immigration) 1991 CarswellNat 96Case Summary15Hinzman v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2007 FCA 171 (CanLII)Case Summary 16Jayasekara v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2009] 4 FCR 164, 2008 FCA 404 (CanLII)Case Summary 17Khalil v. Canada ( Secretary of State ), [1999] 4 FCR 661, 1999 CanLII 9360 (FCA)Case Summary18Legault v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2002] 4 FCR 358, 2002 FCA 125 (CanLII)Case Summary 19Li v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2005 FCA 1 (CanLII)Case Summary 20Mobil Oil Canada Ltd. v. Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board, [1994] 1 SCR 202, 1994 CanLII 114 (SCC)Case Summary 21Mohammadian v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2001] 4 FCR 85, 2001 FCA 191 (CanLII)Case Summary 22Moreno v. Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration), [1994] 1 FCR 298, 1993 CanLII 2993 (FCA)Case Summary 23Muliadi v. Canada (Minister of Employment & Immigration), 1986 CarswellNat 218Case Summary24Owusu v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2004] 2 FCR 635, 2004 FCA 38 (CanLII)Case Summary 25Poshteh v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2005 FCA 85 (CanLII)Case Summary 26Qu v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2002] 3 FCR 3, 2001 FCA 399 (CanLII)Case Summary 27Raza v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2007 FCA 385 (CanLII) Case Summary 28Re Papadogiorgakis, [1978] 2 F.C. 208 (F.C.T.D.), Re Pourghasemi, [1993] F.C.J. No. 232, 62 F.T.R. 122 (F.C.T.D.), Re: Koo, [1993] 1 F.C. 286 (F.C.T.D)Case Summary29Sivakumar v. Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration ), [1994] 1 FCR 433, 1993 CanLII 3012 (FCA)Case Summary 30Thirunavukkarasu v. Canada ( Minister of Employment and Immigration ), [1994] 1 FCR 589, 1993 CanLII 3011 (FCA)Case Summary 31Varela v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2010] 1 FCR 129, 2009 FCA 145 (CanLII)Case Summary 32Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Zazai, 2004 FCA 89 (CanLII)Case Summary 33Zolfagharkhani v. Canada ( Minister of Employment and Immigration ), [1993] 3 FCR 540, 1993 CanLII 2971 (FCA)Case Summary 34Zrig v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2003] 3 FCR 761, 2003 FCA 178 (CanLII)Case Summary