You are a paralegal in a law firm and you have been asked todo legal research analyzing a problem your client is having involving the sale of goods on credit in State A.You have located the following authority concerning the problem:

1. State A's Uniform Commercial Code Act

2. State A's Consumer Credit Act

3. State B's Uniform Commercial Code Act

4. A federal statute The Consumer Credit Act

5. Iron v. Supply Co.a decision of the highest court in State A

6. Milk v. Best Buy, Inc.a decision of the highest court in State B

7. Control Co. v. Martina decision of an intermediary court of appeals in State A

8. Lesley v. Karl Co.a decision of a trial court in State A

9. Irene v. City Co.a decision of federal intermediate court of appealsinvolving the federal Consumer Credit Act

10. Regulations adopted by State A's Corporation Commission that apply to consumer credit and the sale of goods

11. Restatements of the Law defining sales, consumer credit, and other terms related to the problem

12. An ALR reference that directly addresses the issues in the case.

**Assume that all the cases referred to above are on point, that is, they are sufficiently similar to the facts and issues involved in the problem to apply as precedent.**

(A) Which authority is primary authority, and which is secondary authority?

(B) Which authority can be mandatory authority? Why? What would be required for any of the sources to be mandatory authority?

(C) Which authority can be persuasive authority? Why?

(D) Assuming that all of the primary authority applies to the issues raised by the facts of the client's case, list all of the authority above in the hierarchical order of its value as precedent;that is, authority with greatest authoritative value will be listed first, followed by other authority in the order it will be looked to by the court.