Galvin v. Ill. Republican Party

Full title: QUENTON GALVIN AND JACOB MEISTER, Plaintiffs, v. ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN…

Court: UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION

Date published: Oct 20, 2015

No. 14 C 10490 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 20, 2015)

Opinion

No. 14 C 10490

10-20-2015

QUENTON GALVIN AND JACOB MEISTER, Plaintiffs, v. ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY, ILLINOIS HOUSE REPUBLICAN ORGANIZATION, RODERICK DROBINSKI, FRIENDS OF ROD DROBINSKI, JAMESTOWN ASSOCIATES, LLC, AND MAJORITY STRATEGIES, INC., Defendants.

Judge James B. Zagel

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

Plaintiffs Quenton Galvin and Jacob Meister ("Plaintiffs") filed a twenty-six count complaint against Defendants Illinois Republican Party, Illinois House Republican Organization, Roderick Drobinski, Friends of Rod Drobinski, Jamestown Associates, LLC, and Majority Strategies, Inc. alleging copyright infringement, civil conspiracy, appropriation of image, false light, and defamation. Counts XII (appropriation of image), XVIII (false light), and XXIV (defamation) against Defendant Jamestown Associates, LLC were previously dismissed by stipulation. The Court also previously dismissed Plaintiffs' federal claims against all Defendants under Counts I-VI for copyright infringement in violation of the U.S. Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 501, as well as Plaintiffs' Count VII claim against all Defendants for civil conspiracy.

Having dismissed Plaintiffs' federal claims, I now decline to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over Plaintiffs' remaining state law claims contained in Counts VIII through XI and XIII (appropriation of image), Counts XIV through XVII and XIX (false light), Counts XX through XXIII and XXV (defamation), and Count XXVI (civil conspiracy) against Defendants Illinois Republican Party, Illinois House Republican Organization, Roderick Drobinski, Friends of Rod Drobinski, and Majority Strategies, Inc. 28 U.S.C.A. § 1367(c)(3); Groce v. Eli Lilly & Co., 193 F.3d 496, 501 (7^th Cir. 1999) ("it is the well-established law of this circuit that the usual practice is to dismiss without prejudice state supplemental claims whenever all federal claims have been dismissed prior to trial").

Having declined jurisdiction over all remaining counts, Plaintiffs' complaint is now dismissed in its entirety.

ENTER:

/s/

James B. Zagel

United States District Judge
DATE: October 20, 2015