Therefore, the job could have been filled by either gender who applied. For this reason the airline's defense was compromised. This led to the court's decision that the introduction of discriminatory conditions such as the maximum height rule and the hiring of only attractive applicants constituted a violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Indeed, the discrimination was illegal and impermissible exercised by the airline denied the male plaintiffs the above-mentioned privileges and therefore it was a just cause brought by Gregory R.