Gould v. Attorney General of Canada

Gould v. Attorney General of Canada
Collection
Supreme Court Judgments
Date
1984-09-04
Report
[1984] 2 SCR 124
Case number
18952
Judges
Dickson, Robert George Brian; Estey, Willard Zebedee; McIntyre, William Rogers; Wilson, Bertha; Le Dain, Gerald Eric
On appeal from
Federal Court of Appeal
Subjects
Action
Civil procedure
Notes
SCC Case Information: 18952
Decision Content
Supreme Court of Canada
Gould v. Attorney General of Canada, [1984] 2 S.C.R. 124
Date: 1984-09-04
Robert Gould Appellant;
and
The Attorney General of Canada and the Solicitor General of Canada Respondents.
File No.: 18952.
1984: September 4.
Present: Dickson C.J. and Estey, Mclntyre, Wilson and Le Dain JJ.
ON APPEAL FROM THE FEDERAL COURT OF APPEAL
Injunction—Elections—Right to vote—Prisoner seeking mandatory injunction permitting him to vote in federal election—Injunction refused.
Practice—Order abridging the time normally required for service of process granted—Leave to appeal granted.
APPEAL from a judgment of the Federal Court of Appeal (1984), 54 N.R. 232, setting aside a judgment of the Trial Division, allowing appellant’s interlocutory application for a mandatory injunction. Appeal dismissed.
Fergus J. O’Connor, for the appellant.
Duff Friesen, for the respondents.
The judgment of the Court was delivered orally by
THE CHIEF JUSTICE—We grant an order abridging the time normally required for service of process in these proceedings.
We grant leave to appeal the decision of the Federal Court of Appeal rendered August 31, 1984.
In our view, however, this appeal fails. We generally share the views expressed by Mr. Justice Mahoney speaking for the majority of the Federal Court of Appeal. The appeal is accordingly dismissed.
Judgment accordingly.
Solicitor for the appellant: Fergus J. O’Connor, Kingston.
Solicitor for the respondents: R. Tassé, Ottawa.