On October 15, 2009, the Supreme Court of Canada refused to re-hear arguments to appeal its decision in Alberta v. Hutterian Brethren of Wilson Colony. This marked the end of a six-year legal battle to have the universal photo requirement in Alberta's driver-licensing system struck down. The Hutterian litigants were unsuccessful in persuading Canada's highest court that the impugned regulation was not justified in a free and democratic society. Published in Saskatchewan Law Review, volume 74.