Opinion ID: 9275
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Text: 7 We review grants of summary judgment de novo, guided, as was the district court, by the standards of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56. Stults v. Conoco, Inc., 76 F.3d 651, 654 (5th Cir.1996); Blanchard v. Forrest, 71 F.3d 1163, 1166 (5th Cir.1996). Accordingly, a party may obtain summary judgment when the pleadings, depositions, answers to interrogatories, and admissions on file, together with the affidavits, if any, show that there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and that the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law. Fed.R.Civ.P. 56(c). 8 The district court granted SYC's summary judgment motion based on collateral estoppel, or issue preclusion. SYC's motion, however, pled collateral estoppel, res judicata, and the doctrine of sole remedy in the alternative. We may affirm a district court's ruling on summary judgment based on any legally sufficient ground, even one not relied upon by the district court. BMG Music v. Martinez, 74 F.3d 87, 89 (5th Cir.1996); Missouri P. R.R. v. Harbison-Fischer Mfg. Co., 26 F.3d 531, 538 (5th Cir.1994). Making use of such latitude, we affirm the district court's granting of SYC's motion for summary judgment based on the application of the doctrine of res judicata.