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- ilcd;;4:16-cv-04258_de95 RegisterActionDate "2018-04-24" @default.
- ilcd;;4:16-cv-04258_de95 RegisterActionDescriptionText "TEXT ORDER entered by Judge Sara Darrow on April 24, 2018. Third party counter-plaintiff JB Excavating, Inc. and third party counter-defendant Iowa Interstate Railroad, Ltd. have filed a 73 stipulated motion to dismiss one claim from JB Excavating's 61 First Amended Counterclaim: the claim for lost revenue damages. The parties do not identify under which Federal Rule of Civil Procedure they seek this relief. The Seventh Circuit has explained that "Rule 41(a) should be limited to dismissal of an entire action." Taylor v. Brown, 787 F.3d 851, 857 (7th Cir. 2015). It suggests construing a motion to voluntarily dismiss one claim as a motion to amend a complaint under Rule 15(a)(2). Id. at 858. Rule 15(a)(2) allows a court to give a party leave to amend its complaint and provides that such leave should be "freely give[n]... when justice so requires." Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(2). Therefore, the Court construes the 73 motion to dismiss as a motion to amend the 61 First Amended Counterclaim to drop the claim for lost revenue damages. The parties' have requested dismissal of this claim with prejudice, so the Court will exercise its discretion under Rule 15(a) to impose a condition on the amendment. See Consumer Fin. Prot. Bureau v. Mortg. Law Grp., LLP, No. 14-cv-513-wmc, 2017 WL 3581146, at *3 (E.D. Wis. April 19, 2017) (noting that district courts have authority to impose conditions when granting permission to amend). The 73 motion is GRANTED on the condition that the claim for lost revenue damages is dismissed with prejudice. (AK, ilcd) (Entered: 04/24/2018)" @default.
- ilcd;;4:16-cv-04258_de95 AdministrativeID "None" @default.
- ilcd;;4:16-cv-04258_de95 hasJudgeReference SJ001510 @default.
- ilcd;;4:16-cv-04258_de95 hasReferenceToOtherEntry ilcd;;4:16-cv-04258_de78 @default.
- ilcd;;4:16-cv-04258_de95 hasReferenceToOtherEntry ilcd;;4:16-cv-04258_de93 @default.