Word: buchler
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Greenwood Village had no judge, but the grand jury says that Town Attorney C. Charles Buchler solved that problem easily: he billed himself as the "city magistrate" and held "court" in his private law office, where he meted out fines and kept 25% to 33% for himself, even though a local ordinance sets the town attorney's top fee as $10 per case. Buchler allegedly pocketed...
...this violated the constitutional rights of hundreds of persons, charged the grand jury. Indeed, 300 mulcted motorists filed complaints last week. Unable to find "language or words severe enough to criticize this kind of operation," the jury says it also failed to find fitting felony charges for Buchler and Tousignaut, though it searched law books going back to 1606. Both men will be arraigned on relatively minor misdemeanor charges ranging from simulating judicial process to conspiracy to illegally exercise office. Maximum sentences if convicted: 13 months in jail and $1,100 in fines, plus an additional $200 fine for "Magistrate...
...decision to expand the College was reached last year after a committee headed by Justus Buchler, Johnson Professor of Philosophy, concluded that an increase in the College's size would benefit both the College and the graduate schools. Dean Palfrey in his report emphasized that the expansion was designed to "encourage a more integrated undergraduate and graduate educational process" and to permit "greater flexibility and opportunity for the College to experiment and diversify its offerings...