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 The court stated that the Black Hills were illegally taken and that the initial offering price plus interest should be paid to the Sioux Nation.
法院决定，苏人重整保留地， 允许将七百万英亩土地 开放给探矿者和自耕农。 这些决议违反了 第二次《拉勒米堡条约》。 法院陈述说 黑岗是被非法占有的， 政府应当连本带息 向苏族买下黑岗。