 When Barry refused, also refusing his uncle's summons to Beth Din, Rabbi Chaim Yehuda Krinsky consulted rabbinic authorities on Jewish law who advised him that appeals can be made to a secular governmental court if justice cannot be effectuated in a Jewish court.On legal advice the Lubavitchers decided to obtain a temporary restraining order in the hope that this would resolve the matter.Rabbi Schneerson argued that the volumes were not the "personal possession" of Gurary's grandfather, but the "communal property" of the Lubavitch Hasidim.