The court determined that when the Sioux were resettled onto reservations and seven million acres of their land were opened up to prospectors and homesteaders, the terms of the second Fort Laramie Treaty had been violated.
Soud stanovil, že když byli Siouxové vysídleni do rezervací a 7 milionů akrů jejich půdy bylo bylo nabídnuto zlatokopům a statkářům, došlo tím k porušení druhé dohody z Fort Laramie.