You encountered one model of a case brief during orientation. It embodies the critical elements of the standard case brief. However, you will find that different professors will emphasize different aspects, and not just because of personal preference. In Torts, we will be exploring the crucial interplay of process, substantative law, principle, and policy. I therefore place more emphasis on your understanding the procedure in the case than your other teachers may.
Procedure comes first.
Extracting the holding of a case is not necessarily a simple matter. There may be language in the opinion that looks like it could be the holding. You will have to write the holding in your own language in most cases.