Opinion ID: 3149180
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Text: The district court did not specify whether its dismissal of Plaintiffs’ tortious interference claim was a Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1) dismissal for lack of jurisdiction or a 12(b)(6) dismissal for failure to state a claim. However, we deem a dismissal of preempted state law claims a 12(b)(6) dismissal for failure to state a claim, a dismissal on the merits. See Turek v. Gen’l Mills, Inc., 662 F.3d 423, 425 (7th Cir. 2011) (holding that a court should dismiss claim without any basis in federal law on the merits and that certain preempted claims have no basis in federal law). Thus, the district court’s dismissal was a 12(b)(6) dismissal for failure to state a claim. We review such a dismissal de novo. Firestone Fin. Corp. v. Meyer, 796 F.3d 822, 825 (7th Cir. 2015).