SELYA, Circuit Judge.
District courts have authority to enter summary judgment on grounds not raised by the parties. That authority, though, is far from unbridled. Here, the district court — with the acquiescence of the parties — limited pretrial discovery to specific issues. It later entered summary judgment on a completely different...
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