R v Keegstra

R v Keegstra
Supreme Court of Canada
Hearing: December 5, 6, 1989 Judgment: December 13, 1990
Full case name	Her Majesty The Queen v James Keegstra
Citations	[1990] 3 SCR 697
Docket No.	21118 [1]
Prior history	R. v. Keegstra, 1988 ABCA 234; R. v. Keegstra, 1984 CanLII 1313 (AB KB).
Ruling	Crown appeal allowed; constitutionality of s. 319 of the Criminal Code upheld.
Holding
s.319(3)(a) of the Criminal Code infringe on section 2(b) rights of freedom on expression, but is justified under section 1 of the Charter.
Court membership
Chief Justice: Brian Dickson Puisne Justices: Antonio Lamer, Bertha Wilson, Gérard La Forest, Claire L'Heureux-Dubé, John Sopinka, Charles Gonthier, Peter Cory, Beverley McLachlin
Reasons given
Majority	Dickson CJ, joined by Wilson, L'Heureux-Dubé, and Gonthier JJ
Dissent	McLachlin J, joined by Sopinka and La Forest JJ
Lamer and Cory JJ took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
Laws applied
Irwin Toy Ltd v Quebec (AG) (1989); R v Whyte (1988); R v Oakes (1986); R v Morgentaler (1988); Rocket v Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario (1990)

R v Keegstra, [1990] 3 SCR 697 is a freedom of expression decision of the Supreme Court of Canada where the court upheld the Criminal Code provision prohibiting the wilful promotion of hatred against an identifiable group as constitutional under the freedom of expression provision in section 2(b) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. It is a companion case to R v Andrews.