Which part of a case brief should be one sentence long and is best written as a question?

In California there is a state sales tax on

a. food. b. buildings to be removed from land by the buyer as part of a transaction. c. fixtures sold as part of a business. d. inventory sold as part of a business.

Which of the following is the first step to legal reasoning in the critical thinking model?

A) stating the relevant rules of law B) looking for evidence of relevant missing information C) analyzing the legal analogies D) stating the facts of the case