| Exhibit B James W. Derrick, Jr. Page 1 1
| UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COLUMBIA DIVISION
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. CONSOLIDATED MULTIPLE LISTING
SERVICE, INC.,| Defendant.
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| CA: 3:08cvl786 SB ORIGINAL |
| RECEIVED SEP 8 - 2008
LITIGATION III, ANTITRUST DIV.
U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE |
30(b)(6) DEPOSITION OF JAMES W. DERRICK, JR.
Taken at:
Woodward, Cothran & Herndon
440 Knox Abbott Drive, Suite 200
Cayce, South Carolina 29033
On Friday, August 22, 2008
REPORTER: GINA M. SMITH, CSR, RPR JOB NO. 204901a | 2
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Page 19 | 1 | Q. | Did you have input into it?
| | 2 | A. | I did.
| | 3 | Q. | Whose idea was it to put this requirement into the
| | 4 | | CMLS bylaws?
| | 5 | A. | I would assume it was a -- ideas of the members of the
| | 6 | | board of directors, because it was state law.
| | 7 | Q. | Did it occur to all of them simultaneously or was it
| | 8 | | one person? Two people?
| | 9 | A. | I couldn't answer that question. I don't know.
| | 10 | Q. | Turn to Rule 1A, please. When did Rule 1A come about?
| | 11 | A. | I believe that's been there for ten to 15 years.
| | 12 | Q. | Whose idea was it to put Rule 1A into the CMLS rules?
| | 13 | A. | It would have been the board of directors.
| | 14 | Q. | Did that idea occur to any particular person first?
| | 15 | A. | Not that I know of.
| | 16 | Q. | Who wrote this rule?
| | 17 | A. | I don't know.
| | 18 | Q. | Did you give your input --
| | 19 | A. | I did.
| | 20 | Q. | Just let me get the whole question out. The record's
| | 21 | | not going to be clear otherwise.
| | 22 | | Did you give input into Rule 1A?
| | 23 | A. | Yes.
| | 24 | Q. | Take a look at Rule 2, please. When was that rule
| | 25 | | enacted? |
Page 126 | 1 | STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
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| | 4 | CERTIFICATE OF REPORTER
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| | 6 | I, GINA M. SMITH, CSR, RPR, Notary Public, do
| | 7 | hereby certify that JAMES W. DERRICK, JR., was duly sworn by
| | 8 | me on August 22, 2008, prior to the taking of the foregoing
| | 9 | deposition; that said deposition was taken and transcribed
| | 10 | under my supervision and direction; that the parties were
| | 11 | present as stated; and that I am not of counsel for or in
| | 12 | the employment of any of the parties to this action, nor am
| | 13 | I interested in the outcome of this action.
| | 14 | I do further certify that the foregoing 125 pages
| | 15 | constitute a true and accurate transcript of the testimony.
| | 16 | IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto subscribe my name this the
| | 17 | 4th day of September 2008.
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| GINA M. SMITH, CSR, RPR | | 21 |
| Notary Public | | 22 |
| | 23 | My Commission Expires:
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| | 25 | July 23, 2013 |
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