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Dagenais v. CBC, [1994] 3 S.R.C. 835 Introduction: The task appointed was to devise and compile a case briefing for Dagenais v. CBC, [1994] 3 S.R.C. 835. The parties include Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and National Film Board of Canada, appellants; Lucien Dagenais, Leopold Monette, Joseph Dugas and Robert Radford, respondents; and John Newton Smith and The Canadian Association of Journalists, interveners, and The Attorney General for the Province of Ontario, intervener. The subject matter is Constitutional law (the Charter and freedom of expression) and common law. Research included the index distributed in class. An assumption made before the ban was that people who viewed the fictional program would not be able to differentiate between the facts of the case, and the fictional plotline. Another assumption was that the media would draw connections between the facts and fiction, poisoning the possibility of a jury rendering a true verdict. A further assumption is that...

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