In this case, deciding on the issue of whether a note was subject to garnishment which entailed deciding on the issue of whether the note was personal or communal property, the Court of Appeals of Arizona first looked into Moroccan Law (which the Court called "Islamic law"), which directed the Court to look at Syrian law applicable to its Christian minority, ruling that the note was separate and personal property and thus subject to garnishment. The application of non-US law (ultimately, Syrian law and not Islamic law) was not objected to by either party.