Galvin et al v. Illinois Republican Party et al

Filing 48

MEMORANDUM Opinion and Order: Jurisdiction is declined over all remaining counts and therefore, Plaintiffs' Complaint is now dismissed in its entirety. Civil case terminated. See Order for further details. Signed by the Honorable James B. Zagel on 10/20/2015. Mailed notice(ep, )

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
EASTERN DIVISION
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.,

No. 14 C 10490
Judge James B. Zagel

Defendants.

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 (7th Cir. 1999) (“it is the wellestablished 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:

James B. Zagel
United States District Judge
DATE: October 20, 2015