v. Babcock & Wilcox Company, 117 F.3d.800, 804 (5th Cir.1997). 54 . See McCallum Highlands v. Washington Capital Dus, Inc., 66 F.3d at 92; and Little v. Liquid Air Corporation, 37 F.3d 1069, 1075 (5th Cir.1994). 55 . Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, 477 U.S. 317, 322-24, 106 S.Ct. 2548, 2552-53, 91 L.Ed.2d 265 (1986); Salas v. Carpenter, 980 F.2d 299, 304 (5th Cir.1992); Fontenot v. Upjohn Co., 780 F.2d at 1194-95. 56 . See United States v. Bloom, 112 F.3d 200, 205 n. 17 (5th Cir.1997); Cormier v. Pennzoil, 969 F.2d at 1561; Leatherman v. Tarrant County Narcotics Intelligence and Coordination Unit, 28 F.3d 1388, 1396 (5th Cir.1994); Rosas v. U.S. Small Business Administration, 964 F.2d 351, 359 (5th Cir.1992); and Fisher v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., 895 F.2d 1073, 1078 (5th Cir.1990), (<HOLDING>); International Shortstop, Inc. v. Rally's,
holding that in ruling on a motion for summary judgment the trial court is limited to the grounds raised in the motion holding that a discovery exception to a statute of limitation applies only to the discovery of facts not discovery of the law holding that the court may cut off discovery prior to a ruling on a motion for summary judgment where the record indicates that further discovery will not likely produce facts necessary to defeat the motion holding that trial court did not err in ruling on appellees motion for summary judgment before appellees complied with appellants discovery request when the record reflected that appellant filed a motion to compel three days before the hearing and the record did not reveal any effort on the part of appellant to secure a ruling from the trial court on its motion to compel or object at the trial court hearing the motion for summary judgment prior to ruling on the motion to compel holding that when the nonmoving party requests a delay in ruling on a summary judgment motion until further discovery may be completed the party must demonstrate the likelihood that further discovery will uncover additional relevant evidence