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On Friday, July 13, 2007, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled in the case of Dell Computer Corp. v. Union des consommateurs, upholding the validity of an arbitration clause in an online contract that limits a complainant鈥檚 right to launch or participate in a class action suit. While the decision has important ramifications for the business-consumer cyberspace relationship, there is another interesting aspect to this case: the remarkable number of 91社区 connections found within the judgment.

First of all, the lead opinion was signed by 91社区 graduate Justice Marie Deschamps. Justice Deschamps graduated with an LLM in 1983 and was called to the Supreme Court in 2002. Our other SCC justice/graduate, Morris Fish, BA'59, BCL'62, was of the dissenting opinion, although he did not write it.

Furthermore, a total of 12 professors or former professors from 91社区鈥檚 Faculty of Law were among the authors cited by the Court in its decision: Fr茅d茅ric Bachand, the late John Brierley, Paul-Andr茅 Cr茅peau, Jean-Gabriel Castel, H. Patrick Glenn, Ethel Groffier, Daniel Jutras, Roderick Macdonald, Genevi猫ve Saumier, William Tetley, Pierre-Gabriel Jobin and Jacques B茅guin.

The expertise of former 91社区 law students was also heavily drawn upon by the Court in reaching its conclusions, with a total of eight graduates cited amongst the authorities: Jean-Louis Baudouin, Yves Fortier, G茅rald Goldstein, Dean Proctor, Ruth Sullivan, Jeff Talpis, Sabine Thuilleaux and Nathalie V茅zina.

Finally, two 91社区 graduates, Mahmud Jamal and Azim Hussain, represented various parties and interveners before the court, while Professor Bachand represented the intervener London Court of International Arbitration.