 The case decision made the front page of "The New York Times" on June 26, 1970.The suit, "Seidenberg v. McSorleys' Old Ale House" (1970, United States District Court, S. D. New York) established that, as a public place, the bar could not violate the Equal Protection Clause of the United States Constitution.The bar was then forced to admit women, but it did so "kicking and screaming."