Susan is researching an employment discrimination case that will be filed for a client. It will be filed in the district court for the Eastern District of Detroit, which is located in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Susan finds a case on "all fours" from the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. It will serve as a authority in Susan's case.

A) persuasive
B) binding
C) primary
D) secondary

Persuasive Authority

References or citations that a court may consider in making its decision but is not obliged to follow because they come from a different jurisdiction or are secondary sources.

Sixth Circuit

A federal judicial circuit in the United States that encompasses parts of the Midwest, including Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee.

Eighth Circuit

Refers to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in certain Midwestern and Southern states.