The Federal Court held that a November 27, 2022 Kwantlen meeting was procedurally unfair and lacked broad consensus, so its resolutions had no legal effect.
The Federal Court partly granted Air Canada’s motion to strike, removing requests for quo warranto, mandamus, and one section 41 claim, but allowing the core section 91 dispute and some remedies to proceed.
The Federal Court partly granted judicial review, dismissed late challenges to 2022 and 2023 election BCRs, and invalidated the 2024 BCR for lack of authority and procedural fairness.
The Federal Court of Appeal held that the Federal Court lacked jurisdiction to judicially review the grassroots Declaration under Nekaneet Constitution s.8.07 because the Declaration is not a decision of a 'federal board, commission or other tribunal' and the matter was not appropriately characterized as quo warranto; alternatively, the Federal Court should have declined relief because the Nekaneet Appeal Body had exclusive jurisdiction and administrative remedies were not exhausted. Consequently the Federal Court judgment and the costs order were set aside and each party must bear its own co…
The Federal Court dismissed OCN’s judicial review over Election Board appointments, finding the Band Council Resolutions breached the Election Code and Ethics Code.
The Federal Court dismissed a motion to enforce its earlier governance order and a motion to add Ruby Mannila as a party, while directing steps to implement an election under the ratified Election Code.
Federal Court dismissed a judicial review over Dakota Plains Wahpeton Oyate leadership, upheld Donald Raymond Smoke as Hereditary Chief, validated the BCRs, and ordered personal costs.
Federal Court dismissed a motion to strike a judicial review application in a Dakota Plains governance dispute, holding the matter was a continuing course of conduct and not time-barred.
The Federal Court dismissed a judicial review over Blueberry River First Nations election timing, electoral officer appointment, electronic voting, and quo warranto relief.
The Federal Court dismissed a quo warranto-style judicial review challenging Ocean Man First Nation’s chief and council, finding no valid basis for removal and no invalidity in the election extension.