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083711P.pdf   06/07/2010  Trim Fit  v.  Donald Dickey
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  08-3711
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis   
   [PUBLISHED] [Benton, Author, with Loken, Chief Judge, and Arnold,
   Circuit Judge]
   Civil case - contracts. District court did not abuse its discretion by
   denying defendant's motion to amend his counterclaim when the motion
   was made 13 months after the deadline set in the scheduling order and
   only 15 days before trial and where the amendment would have
   substantially changed the claim and the proof required; court did not err
   in denying after-trial motion to amend pleadings; district court erred in
   finding there was no statutory basis for an award of attorneys' fees, and
   the matter is remanded for further proceedings.