Read the following excerpt from a US court opinion:
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court’s granting of motion to dismiss). A trial court abuses its discretion if it acts in an arbitrary or unreasonable manner or without reference to any guiding rules or principles. Downer v. Aquamarine Operators, Inc., 701 S.W.2d 238, 241-42 (Tex.1985). However, a trial court has no discretion in determining what the law is or in applying the law to the facts. Walker v. Packer, 827 S.W.2d 833, 840 (Tex.1992); Baylor Univ. Med. Ctr. v. Biggs, 237 S.W.3d 909, 916 (Tex.App.-Dallas 2007, pet. denied). Therefore, when the issues are purely questions of law, as here, we effectively conduct a de novo review. See Pallares v. Magic Valley Elec. Coop., Inc., 267 S.W.3d 67, 69-70 (Tex.App.-Corpus Christi 2008, pet. refd); see also Johnson v. City of Fort Worth, 774 S.W.2d 653, 656 (Tex.1989) . III. Analysis By his sole issue, Dr. Salinas
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What is the most suitable continuation to the opinion? Your options are:
A. holding that the function of the trial court on a motion for summary judgment is to determine whether issues of fact exist and not to decide the merits of the issues themselves
B. holding that issues of discriminatory intent and actual motivation are questions of fact for the trier of fact
C. holding that courts must decide pure questions of statutory construction
D. holding that claim construction is an issue of law for the court not a question of fact for the jury
E. holding that matters of statutory construction are questions of law for the court to decide rather than issues of fact
Reply with [A, B, C, D, E] only.