The World - News from Jan. 4, 1985
A Superior Court judge in Quebec struck down the provision in the province’s language law that forced most businesses to have signs written only in French. Justice Pierre Boudreault backed Montreal-area merchants who challenged the provisions of the law on grounds that it violated the provincial human rights charter guaranteeing freedom of expression. Court rulings and public pressure over the years have removed many of the French-only statutes in the province.
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