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DEFENDANT'S OBJECTIONS TO DESIGNATIONS BY NORTHERN STATES POWER CO, AND DEFENDANT'S COUNTER-DESIGNATIONS
GUIDE TO OBJECTIONS OBJECTION FOUNDATION MEANING QUESTION SEEKS TESTIMONY THAT IS OUTSIDE OF WITNESS'S PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OR OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF EMPLOYMENT, OR THE WITNESS'S PERSONAL EXPERIENCE HAS NOT BEEN ESTABLISHED
LEGAL CONCLUSION
QUESTION CALLS FOR LEGAL CONCLUSION
SPECULATION
QUESTION SEEKS INFORMATION EITHER NOT BASED UPON THE WITNESS'S KNOWLEDGE OR EXPERIENCE OR CONCERNS A HYPOTHETICAL
BEST EVIDENCE
TESTIMONY CONTAINS EXCERPTS FROM A DOCUMENTS OR DISCUSSES A DOCUMENT, THE BEST EVIDENCE OF WHICH IS THE DOCUMENT ITSELF (WHICH MAY NOT BE IN EVIDENCE OR IDENTIFIED AS A TRIAL EXHIBIT)
VAGUE
MEANING OF TERMS WITHIN THE QUESTION ARE UNCLEAR
RELEVANCE
TESTIMONY IS NOT RELEVANT TO THE ISSUES TO BE DECIDED BY THE COURT
HEARSAY
TESTIMONY CONTAINS STATEMENTS MADE BY OTHERS
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LAKE BARRETT Objections: Testimony Objections
April 22, 2002 49:2-60:22 June 24, 2005 (TVA) 1 59:4-11 74:2-15 76:12-19 85:3-94:8 117:3-123:2 137:11-139:20 153:3-156:19 197:4-198:10 217:1-220:2
Foundation, legal conclusion, speculation, vague (as to term "reasonable") Best evidence, speculation, vague Foundation, vague (as to term "appropriate") Foundation, vague Foundation, legal conclusion, vague, completeness (question begins at 116:21) Vague Foundation, best evidence, vague Foundation, best evidence, vague (as to "studies"), completeness (question begins at 196:22) Foundation, mischaracterizes prior testimony, vague
April 23, 2002 348:1-350:11 June 24, 2005 (TVA) 824:17-826:25
Foundation, best evidence, vague
Plaintiffs have designated "trial" testimony for Mr. Barrett from the trial in Tennessee Valley Authority v. United States, No. 01-249C (June 24, 2005). Mr. Barrett did not testify at trial in TVA. The testimony designated are excerpts from Mr. Barrett's deposition testimony on April 22 and 23, 2002 and duplicate testimony that plaintiff has already designated. i
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April 26, 2002 739:1-742:13 795:5-798:9
Foundation, best evidence, completeness (question and answer begin at 738:19) Foundation, best evidence, speculation
May 10, 2002 1163:1-1166:7
Foundation, legal conclusion, best evidence, vague (as to "mission"), completeness (question and answer begin at 1162:12) Foundation, best evidence Foundation, best evidence Foundation, best evidence, speculation
1284:19-1286:7 1332:1-1335:18 1368:10-1371:21
Counter-Designations: April 22, 2002 38:14-15 43:13-49:1 65:10-69:19 80:10-81:1 83:7-84:5 116:14-117:18 120:22-121:21 149:5-150:20 180:16-181:17 194:19-197:7 201:15-203:3 242:16-249:19 April 23, 2002 399:22-401:3 412:22-413:16 427:14-435:2 442:19-445:5 461:14-465:9
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April 26, 2002
699:6-16 742:14-743:1 May 8, 2002 939:13-940:8 953:21-955:14 965:2-966:15 May 10, 2002 1148:22-1151:4 1341:2-1342:14 1347:14-1348:14
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JOHN BARTLETT Objections: Testimony Objection
July 14, 2004 609:5-613:8 614:2-615:23 617:4-621:13 633:8-640:15 643:11-647:18
Foundation, vague as to timeframe Foundation, best evidence, relevance Foundation Not qualified as an expert in this case, foundation Not qualified as an expert in this case, foundation
Counter-designations: July 14, 2004 655:19-666:8 674:20-675:4 688:12-712:21 713:10-722:7
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ALAN BROWNSTEIN Objections: Testimony Objections
April 9, 2002 136:7-25
Foundation, best evidence, legal conclusion, completeness (answer continues to 137:6)
April 10, 2002 276:6-17 282:5-283:15 299:15-20
Foundation, vague (as to term "linkages") Foundation, best evidence Foundation, legal conclusion, vague (as to whether question was about ACR or APR see 299:21-24) Foundation Foundation Foundation, legal conclusion
328:19-21 376:22-378:5 405:16-20
April 11, 2002 514:1-519:9
Foundation, best evidence, legal conclusion
June 14, 2002 282:1-25
Foundation, vague (as to "kind of inconsistency"), completeness (answer continues to 283:15)
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Counter-designations: April 9, 2002 61:16-63:4 88:5-89:8 111:13-117:18 128:18-136:6 137:1-138:10 April 10, 2002 294:7-295:19 319:19-320:11 388:23-400:21 April 11, 2002 549:7-14 May 23, 2002 140:3-9 167:4-15
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BILLY COLE Objections: Testimony Objections
March 12, 2002 55:2-25 75:1-14 129:2-130:22 173:3-176:24
Foundation, vague, completeness (answer concludes at 56:10) Foundation, vague, completeness (question begins at 74:23) Foundation, best evidence, vague, completeness (answer concludes at 131:20) Foundation, best evidence, vague (as to "this topic"), completeness (question begins at 172:24 and last answer concludes at 177:1) Foundation, vague, completeness (question begins at 201:19) Foundation Speculation, completeness (answer concludes at 227:6)
201:20-202:24 204:1-206:23 225:15-226:18
June 4, 2002 199:5-200:11
Foundation, legal conclusion, vague
Counter-designations: March 12, 2002 53:4-54:13 61:9-67:19 74:11-78:10 81:24-84:13 88:24-89:12 119:20-120:10 128:11-129:1 vii
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134:3-135:22 152:6-13 171:9-173:2 186:12-195:12 199:10-201:18 March 13, 2002 279:25-282:6 353:20-354:17 504:7-21
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SUSAN KLEIN Objections: Testimony Objections
April 24, 2002 151:6-151:20
Foundation, best evidence, relevance, beyond the scope of RCFC 30(b)(6) deposition
Counter-designations: April 24, 2002 10:20-11:9 62:21-63:5 April 25, 2002 354:17-355:13 376:13-382:22 400:7-401:17
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CHRISTOPHER KOUTS Objections: Testimony Objections
July 12, 2005 1569:4-1570:17 1571:1-1580:24
Relevance Best evidence, relevance, completeness (answer ends on 1581:6)
Counter-designations: July 12, 2005 1580:25-1581:6
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MICHAEL LAWRENCE Objections: Testimony Objections
May 20, 2002 86:7-88:22 130:7-131:16 142:10-145:24
Foundation, best evidence, vague, relevance Legal conclusion, foundation Foundation, best evidence, vague
May 21, 2002 301:20-305:4
Foundation, legal conclusion
Counter-designations: May 20, 2002 111:10-113:20 122:8-123:25 124:8-126:23 165:13-167:6 169:11-174:24 184:3-185:24 201:11-204:4 May 21, 2002 255:3-258:10 259:14-260:22 266:22-267:25 294:6-295:5 308:1-309:20 311:10-315:18 316:20-317:25 325:1-332:19 333:12-337:23 341:19-345:19 xi
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RONALD MILNER Objections: Testimony Objections
May 1, 2002 31:1-22 73:10-22
Relevance Foundation, best evidence, vague (as to timeframe)
May 3, 2002 555:8-556:12
Best evidence
May 7, 2002 661:4-24 Counter-designations: May 1, 2002 27:23-28:6 41:3-17 67:5-69:12 132:2-133:4 May 2, 2002 391:13-392:17 May 3, 2002 443:16-444:8 552:12-555:6 August 11, 2004 4711:23-4716:2
Best evidence, relevance
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4723:9-4732:25 4735:9-4742:11 4760:12-15
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ROBERT MORGAN Objections: Testimony Objections
March 21, 2002 137:3-144:10
Legal conclusion, speculation
June 25, 2002 134:12-135:14
Legal conclusion
August 3, 2004 3674:16-3686:22
Best evidence
Counter-designations: August 2-3, 2004 (Trial in Yankee Atomic) 3626:5-3637:22 3642:19-3652:20 3656:16-3657:15 3664:22-3665:25 3667:17-3668:3 3675:3-23 3685:14-3686:11 3693:18-3696:8 July 14, 2005 (Trial in TVA) 2189:21-2190:16 2193:4-21 2194:11-2195:10 2198:9-2200:16 2206:1-2216:18 2218:17-2223:10 2230:24-2236:23
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THOMAS POLLOG Objections: Testimony2 Objections
May 16, 2002 293:3-294:23
Legal conclusion
August 4, 2004 4012:19-4021:9
Legal conclusion
Counter-designations: April 11, 2002 31:1-34:5 41:5:-44:15 60:1-63:18 64:22-67:13 74:10-19 92:12-93:9 107:1-108:2 123:15-124:10 144:3-145:15 151:14-154:16 155:18-156:13 158:16-172:12 174:1-22 183:4-184:2 206:16-208:6
Plaintiff has designated portions of the TVA trial transcript which are duplicative of the designations of Mr. Pollog's deposition testimony. Compare Pollog Dep. Apr. 11, 2002, 96:197:17 and TVA Transcript, 916:2-918:8 and 1365:9-1367:10. xv
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April 12, 2002 9:25-16:17 21:17-24:21 49:14-50:23 91:4-92:10 115:11-116:20 160:12-162:19 163:5-19 May 16, 2002 320:15-321:7 322:20-323:17
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NANCY SLATER (THOMPSON) Objections: Testimony Objections
April 22, 1999 242:18-245:21
Foundation, completeness (answer ends at 246:4)
June 13, 2002 98:1-99:25 108:20-110:13
Foundation, legal conclusion, completeness (answer ends at 100:14) Foundation, legal conclusion, completeness (question begins at 108:7)
Counter-designations: April 21, 1999 32:23-33:6 82:10-15 82:19-83:10 106:16-108:10 164:23-165:13 176:11-25 April 22, 2002 245:17-246:4 251:23-253:10 253:22-254:11 257:23-259:24 June 13, 2002 149:10-153:14
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VICTOR TREBULES Objections: Testimony Objections
April 17, 2002 52:11-53:21
Best evidence, completeness (answer concludes at 54:4)
April 18, 2002 19:7-20:16
Foundation, legal conclusion, relevance, completeness (question begins at 18:22)
Counter-designations: April 17, 2002 15:17-16:17 18:18-19:4 42:5-43:17 53:22-54:4 76:17-77:22 96:19-103:22 113:18-116:14 146:12-148:21 173:2-176:9 180:7-186:22 April 18, 2002 302:21-305:14 381:5-382:14 April 18. 2002 (Yankee Atomic deposition) 125:20-127:13
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DAVID ZABRANSKY Objections: Testimony Objections
April 17, 2002 30:6-42:16 57:1-59:14 76:13-79:19 89:3-92:17 105:6-14
Legal conclusion Legal conclusion Legal conclusion Speculation, vague (as to term "reasonable") Foundation
April 18, 2002 323:2-326:17 343:2-366:22
Foundation, legal conclusion, best evidence, completeness (question begins at 322:16) Foundation, legal conclusion, speculation
June 6, 2002 246:1-247:25
Legal conclusion, speculation
Counter-designations: April 17, 2002 55:1-57:17 60:20-61:5 128:10-129:18 150:4-155:21 197:4-199:10 April 18, 2002 242:10-246:19 249:6-253:12 xix
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254:9-19 266:21-267:20 395:18-396:21 412:20-414:16 449:7-451:18 April 19, 2002 628:15-631:22 639:12-640:8 June 6, 2002 229:7-231:20 234:6-240:19 August 5, 2004 4154:6-4156:3 4161:19-4162:9 4222:15-4226:3
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