Subseries 2 - Opinions

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UTA 1294-B1998-0006-1-8-2

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Opinions

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  • 1963-1969 (Creation)

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0.4 m of textual records

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I gave relatively few opinions on legal cases over the years, apart from those I gave to governments that are found in other files. I did not encourage this type of consulting work, taking the view that it was better to stick with my academic or government policy work. The vast majority of the opinions that I did are contained in these two boxes. The cases that I got involved with tended to be ones of legal or of public interest. These included the Bleta case for Arthur Maloney involving the defence of automatism (file 2), the Tridel case for Earl Cherniak involving the scope of public inquiries (file 4), the Guy Paul Morin case for Clayton Ruby’s firm involving Crown appeals (file 5), and the Truscott case for Arthur Martin involving evidence points on the reference to the Supreme Court of Canada (files 9-12).

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All files are open, with the exception of:

  • Box 139a contains images of physical evidence presented in court that is graphic and violent.
  • Access to this material may be requested through the University Archivist.

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      B1998-0006/138-/139

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