OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear an appeal from a New Brunswick court ruling that barred an American white supremacy group from inheriting the estate of a Canadian professor.
When he died in 2004, Harry Robert McCorkill left valuable possessions to the National Alliance, a West Virginia-based racist organization.
In 2013, his sister asked that the bequest be declared void as being illegal or contrary to public policy.
A court ruled the National Alliance was racist and hate-inspired and declared the inheritance to be contrary to public policy.
The estate was ordered to be divided among McCorkill's next of kin.
As usual, the Supreme Court gave no reasons for refusing to hear the appeal, which was filed by the Canadian Association for Free Expression.
