The Williams Lake Indian Band filed a claim with the Specific Claims Tribunal for compensation for the loss of their village lands near Williams Lake, BC, that had been illegally pre-empted by settlers. The Tribunal decided that the Crown had breached its fiduciary obligations to the Band in relation to the village lands both before and after British Columbia joined Confederation in 1871. Canada applied for judicial review. A majority of the Supreme Court of Canada decided that the Tribunal had acted reasonably in reaching its decision, and upheld the Tribunal's order that Canada pay compensation, with the amount to be determined in subsequent proceedings.