DATE: 20030625

DOCKET: C37702

COURT OF APPEAL FOR ONTARIO

RE:

JOSEPH L. BONAPARTE, HENRY F, JOCKO, JOHN LAFRANCE, MITCHELL LOFT, MICHAEL DAVID, WILLIAM SUNDAY, DONALD JOCKO, DAVID DAY, GORDON SHAWANDA, J. BRUCE McCOMBER, ALEX DAVID, STEWART SHAWANDA, THE ESTATE OF MICHAEL MITCHELL, deceased, THE ESTATE OF JOSEPH S. LEBORGNE, deceased, THE ESTATE OF THOMAS MITCHELL, deceased, THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM FRANCIS, deceased, and THE ESTATE OF WALTER GOODLEAF, deceased [the “Males”]

(Plaintiffs (Appellants)), IRENE (LAZORE) TYO, JUDITH R. MITCHELL, MADELON G. ALTHEIDE, HILDA ROSE (DAY) SQUARE, ISABELLE F. BONAPARTE MCDONALD, ANNA MAE (BONAPARTE) SHARROW, ELEANOR ROSE MANDEL, MADELINE (MITCHELL) OAKES, CECILIA THOMPSON SQUARE, HELEN (MITCHELL) KENNEDY, NANCY (MITCHELL) KING, SUSAN JACKSON, CELIA RITA JACOBS, MARGARET FRANCIS CREIGHTON and THE ESTATE OF MARY ANN LAZORE, deceased [the “Females”] (Plaintiffs (Appellants)), BERTHA OAKES AND CECILIA MITCHELL, WADE MITCHELL, EDWARD MITCHELL, CANDACE JACKSON, CLAYTON JACKSON, BRUCE JACKSON, JUNE JACKSON, SUSAN JACKSON, JR., MERWIN JACKSON, LAWRENCE JACKSON, JR., MELISSA COOK, CLARISSA COOK, SANDRA JOCKO, BARBARA (OAKES) COOK, RICHARD HOMER OAKES, MARY JULIA OAKES, NANCY (OAKES) KING, HERBIE JOSEPH OAKES, DARREN BONAPARTE, ESTHER THOMPSON, MICHAEL LOFT, RANDOLF LOFT, DON WILLIAMS, MARY FAYE ROUNDPOINT, MARTIN A. LOFT, JULIA DAY, JAMES DAY, BEATRICE KING, NORMAN KING, SR., NORMAN KING, JR., LARRY RICHARD KING, ALEXANDER SHAWANDA, ROBERT JAMIESON, WANDA JAMIESON, SUSAN JAMIESON, CRYSTAL NESHKIWE, CHRIS RILEY, ROBERT GUY LAZORE, STANLEY FRANCIS, LINDA TESSIRE, PHILLIS TERRANCE, MARTHA LAFRANCE, PATRICIA BOOTS, WILLIAM FRANCIS, JR., WANDA MARY ROBINSON, SHANNON CREIGHTON, WINONA FLEMING, CATHERINE MARTIN, GARY LEBORGNE, ARNOLD LEBORGNE, DAVID LEBORGNE, LOUIS LEBORGNE, THOMAS LEBORGNE, EDWARD KENNEDY, JAMES KENNEDY, PETER KENNEDY, ROSEMARY KENNEDY, JOSEPH (MITCHELL) KENNEDY, CONNIE LAWRENCE, PAUL KENNEDY, DERICK KENNEDY, TAMMY KENNEDY, MELISA KENNEDY, RICHARD SQUARE, MICHAEL

SQUARE, ESTHER (SQUARE) THOMSPON, PETER ROGER SQUARE, STANLEY SQUARE, AIMEE (SQUARE) ATCHISON, WALTER GOODLEAF, JR., ARNOLD LOUIS GOODLEAF, NEIL GEORGE GOODLEAF, PATRICK WARREN GOODLEAF, SHIRLEY JOSIE KIRBY, SHELLY ANN MCCUMBER, WARREN JOHN GOODLEAF [the “Secondary Plaintiffs”], (Plaintiffs (Appellants)) –and–

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF CANADA AS REPRESENTED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA,

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF CANADA AS REPRESENTED BY THE MINISTER FOR INDIAN AND NORTHERN AFFAIRS, THE ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF SAULT STE. MARIE, THE ROMAN CATHOLIC EPISCOPAL CORPORATION OF THE DIOCESE OF SAULT STE. MARIE, THE JESUIT FATHERS OF UPPER CANADA and THE DAUGHTERS OF THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY (Defendants (Respondents))

BEFORE:

LABROSSE, CHARRON and GILLESE JJ.A.

COUNSEL:

Russell Kronick, Q.C. and Joseph W. Griffiths for the appellants

Linda Dolan and Caroline Clark for the respondent, the Attorney General of Canada

M. Gregory Ellies for the respondent, the Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie

Wally Zimmerman for the respondent, The Jesuit Fathers of Upper Canada

HEARD:

January 16, 2003

On appeal from the order of Justice John S. Poupore of the Superior Court of Justice dated January 11, 2002 and reported at (2002), 16 C.P.C. (5th) 105.

A P P E A L B O O K E N D O R S E M E N T

[1] The judgment provided that, because of the divided success, there would be no order as to costs between the appellants and the Crown. The other respondents, the Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie and the Jesuit Fathers of Upper Canada, have submitted bills of costs. Their costs of the appeal are fixed at $5,000.00 each, payable by the appellants.