Opinion ID: 78219
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Heading: American General Lacks Standing To Cross-Appeal.

Text: Because we conclude that American General was entitled to summary judgment under subsection 33-24-7(b)(2), we do not address the alternative arguments that American General was entitled to summary judgment under subsections 33-24-7(b)(1) and 33-24-7(b)(3), and we dismiss the cross-appeal by American General for lack of jurisdiction. American General does not have standing to cross-appeal a summary judgment in its favor even though the district court rejected arguments of American General about alternative grounds for that summary judgment. See Agripost, Inc. v. Miami-Dade County, 195 F.3d 1225, 1230 (11th Cir. 1999); Kapp v. Nat'l Football League, 586 F.2d 644, 649-50 (9th Cir.1978); 15A Charles Alan Wright, Arthur R. Miller & Edward H. Cooper, Federal Practice and Procedure § 3902 (2d ed.1992). Ordinarily, only a party aggrieved by a judgment or order of a district court may exercise the statutory right to appeal therefrom. Deposit Guar. Nat'l Bank, Jackson, Miss. v. Roper, 445 U.S. 326, 333, 100 S.Ct. 1166, 1171, 63 L.Ed.2d 427 (1980). A party who receives all that he has sought generally is not aggrieved by the judgment affording the relief and cannot appeal from it. Id. In its defense of a summary judgment, an appellee is entitled to raise alternative arguments that were rejected by the district court, because we may affirm on any ground supported by the record, Welding Servs., Inc. v. Forman, 509 F.3d 1351, 1356 (11th Cir.2007), but an appellee is not entitled to cross-appeal a judgment in his favor.