UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA

CHERYL LINDSEY SEELHOFF, a married woman, Plaintiff, Tacoma, Washington vs. PAT and SUE WELCH, husband and wife, Defendants.

Docket No. C97-5383FDB Tacoma, Washington September 2, 1998 Trial Volume 3

TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE HONORABLE FRANKLIN D. BURGESS UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE, and a Jury.

APPEARANCES: For the Plaintiff:	BARBARA J. DUFFY GWENDOLYN PAYTON KLEIN Lane Powell Spears Lubersky 1420 Fifth Avenue, Suite 4100 Seattle, Washington 98101-2338
For the Defendants:	RUDY R. LACHENMEIER LORI DeDOBBELAERE Lachenmeier, Enloe & Rall 9600 S.W. Capitol Highway Portland, Oregon 97219
Court Reporter:	Teri Hendrix Union Station Courthouse, Room 3100 1717 Pacific Avenue Tacoma, Washington 98402 (253) 593-6545

Proceedings recorded by mechanical stenography, transcript produced by Reporter on computer.

Excerpt from transcripts Volume 3 September 2, 1998 Pages 446-683


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1  difference being Cheryl was the lady's keynote speaker, and the
2  call for her sessions were conducive to what we knew of her and
3  what the general public knew, and those issues would have been
4  violated on the matter of divorce and/or the matter of an
5  adulterous affair, and therefore, a suggestion would not have
6  been made to suggest that she speak on other subjects.
7  Q.  Given the discovery of one or both of these conditions
8  existed on June 22 that I described to you, would you have
9  recommended canceling all seven of the speeches?
10  A.  Because "Reality Scheduling" indicates under 3A, "What is
11  important to your husband," I would have excluded that. Because
12  "Household Organization," item 5 indicates "Getting your
13  children to help," therefore discussing family matters, I would
14  have suggested eliminating that. On the basis of item 4,
15  "Living Simply," "How we feed 11 people on $200 a month" would
16  have focused on her family, in all likelihood her husband, I
17  would have excluded that.
18  Q.  To your knowledge, Mr. Boutot, CHEO is not a competitor of
19  Cheryl Lindsey in the production of home schooling magazines, is
20  it?
21  A.  No, sir.
22  Q.  There had been no decision or agreement that you're aware
23  of, had there, again, by yourself or any other defendants, that,
24  should she fail to meet your conditions, any of the defendants
25  would engage in putting her out of business as a publisher of a