Quebec (Attorney General) v. Publications Photo‑Police Inc., [1990] 1 S.C.R. 851

The Attorney General of the province of Quebec Appellant

v.

Les Publications Photo‑Police Incorporée, Guy Bourdon and Michel Lecomte Respondents

Indexed as: Quebec (Attorney General) v. Publications Photo‑Police Inc.

File No.: 21046.

1990: April 27.

Present: Lamer, Wilson, La Forest, Sopinka, Gonthier, Cory and McLachlin JJ.

on appeal from the court of appeal for quebec

Criminal law ‑‑ Contempt of court ‑‑ Failure to comply with order restricting publication ‑‑ Jurisdiction of Superior Court.

Cases Cited

Applied: R. v. Vermette, 1987 51 (SCC), [1987] 1 S.C.R. 577.

APPEALS from a judgment of the Quebec Court of Appeal, 1988 640 (QC CA), [1988] R.L. 664, 16 Q.A.C. 116, 42 C.C.C. (3d) 220, allowing respondents' appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court finding respondents guilty of contempt of court. Appeals allowed.

Ginette Kirouac, for the appellant.

No one appeared for the respondents.

English version of the judgment of the Court delivered orally by

Lamer J. ‑‑ We are all of the view, for the reasons given in this Court's decision in R. v. Vermette, 1987 51 (SCC), [1987] 1 S.C.R. 577, that these appeals should be allowed and the convictions handed down by the Superior Court judge restored.

Judgment accordingly.

Solicitor for the appellant: Ginette Kirouac, Montréal.