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Nature of Suit Code: 850
Nature of Suit: Securities, Commodities, Exchange
Cause of Action: 15:78m(a) Securities Exchange Act

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Mark Smilovits, individually and on 

behalf of all others similarly situated,

Plaintiffs,

v.

First Solar, Inc.; Michael J. Ahearn; 

Robert J. Gillette; Mark R. Widmar; Jens 

Meyerhoff; James Zhu; Bruce Sohn; and 

David Eaglesham,

Defendants.

No. CV12-0555-PHX-DGC

ORDER

The parties have submitted deposition excerpts in advance of trial. This order will 

set forth the Court’s ruling on objections contained in these excerpts. The order will 

identify objections by the number of the deposition page on which they appear. If more 

than one objection appears on a page, the order will identify the line on which the objection 

starts. Where an objection is sustained, the order will identify the page and lines that should 

be omitted, but if no lines are identified, the objection is sustained with respect to all 

designated testimony on that page to which the objection is directed.

A. James Brown, Jr.

1. 11-12 – overruled.

2. 13 – overruled.

3. 35 – overruled.

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4. 46 – overruled.

5. 48 – overruled.

6. 49 – overruled.

7. 57-58 – overruled.

8. 71 – overruled.

9. 72-74 – overruled.

10. 75-76 – overruled.

11. 97-99 – overruled.

12. 100-102 – overruled.

13. 117-119 – overruled.

14. 120-124 – overruled.

15. 143 – sustained.

16. 144:2-12 – overruled.

17. 144:13 to 145:5 – sustained as nonresponsive.

18. 184 – overruled.

19. 190-191 – overruled.

20. 213-215 – overruled.

21. 224-225 – sustained.

B. John Amonett.

1. 13-14 – overruled.

2. 34 – overruled.

3. 41-42 – overruled.

4. 44-45 – overruled.

5. 92 – The Court sustains the objection and precludes all questioning on 

Exhibit 64 if it is not listed as an exhibit in the Final Pretrial Order approved 

by the Court. If it is listed, then objections to questioning on Exhibits 64 are 

overruled.

6. 115-116 – overruled.

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7. 148 – overruled.

8. 149 – overruled.

9. 157-158 – overruled.

10. 162:24 to 163:5 – sustained.

11. 256-261 – overruled.

12. 312-313 – overruled.

13. 315-317 – overruled.

14. 325-331 – overruled.

15. 335-337 – overruled.

16. 349-350 – overruled.

17. 363-365 – overruled.

C. Andrianne Kimber and Adam D’Angelo. 

The Court will not rule on the deposition designations at this time as it appears both 

witnesses will appear at trial during Plaintiffs’ case in chief. The parties should be prepared 

to provide the Court with an update on this issue on January 7, 2020.

Dated this 2nd day of January, 2020.

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