James R. Hutter; Lawyer, Civic Leader

James R. Hutter, 76, attorney and San Marino civic and cultural leader. Hutter, a native of Spokane, Wash., retired in 1989 after 39 years of practicing corporate and securities law with the Los Angeles-based firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He was a member of the board of governors of the Beverly Hills Bar Assn. Hutter headed the San Marino Planning Commission and was active in area Boy Scouts. He was on boards of the First Congregational Church of Los Angeles and its affiliated school. A graduate of UCLA and Stanford Law School, Hutter served in the Army during World War II, landing with infantry in Cherbourg and fighting to Berlin in the fall of 1944. On Saturday in San Marino.