1.You're doing research for a state law problem on environmental protection. Your research uncovers some cases similar to the case you are working on, which you are appealing to the intermediate appellate court of your state. These cases are from the following:

a.Another intermediate appellate court of the state

b.A diversity suit in a federal district court in the state, applying the state's law on that issue.

c.The federal court of appeals for the circuit of your state in an appeal from a district court from a diversity suit applying the law of a different state.

d.A state trial court's judgment entered in a decision that was not published but which you know about.

e.The highest court of the state.

What weight would you assign to these authorities? Evaluate how important each is as a precedent.