 Speaking for the majority, Justice Felix Frankfurter affirmed the judgment of the Detroit district court and upheld the constitutionality of the state law.The state argued that since the profession of bartending could potentially lead to moral and social problems for women, it was within the state's power to bar them from working as bartenders.Only when the owner of the bar was a sufficiently close relative to the women bartender could it be guaranteed that such immorality would not be present.