The Supreme Court delivered its judgment in the Nisga'a land case. Six judges recognized that Aboriginal title existed before colonization, but divided over whether it had been extinguished; the appeal was dismissed on procedural grounds through the seventh judge's vote. The case nevertheless challenged the assumption that Indigenous land rights depended solely on grants from the Crown.
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Six judges recognized the prior existence of Aboriginal title, but divided over extinguishment; a procedural ruling determined the appeal's dismissal.
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