The dispute landed at one point in the highest court, which made a short issue of it, claiming that the states had to decide for themselves and that only in schools could the reform be made the official rule – everybody else could continue writing as they had learned it.
Uenighederne endte i højesteret, som afgjorde, at delstaterne havde ret til at bestemme selv, og at reformen kun kunne gøres til den officielle regel i skolerne — alle andre kunne fortsætte med at skrive, som de havde lært det.