ˌɔn dʒuːlˈaɪ twˈɛnti tˈuː, nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd wˈʌn, spɹˈɪŋɚ, hˌuː wʌz ˈɔːlsoʊ ˈeɪdᵻd baɪ ɐtˈɜːniz hˈeɪz mək mˈiːhən, wˈɪljəm sˈiː. ɹˈiːvz, ænd tʃˈɑːɹlz pˈoːɹɾɚ dʒˈɑːnsən, fˈaɪld fɚɹə tˈɛmpɚɹˌɛɹi ɹᵻstɹˈeɪnɪŋ ˈɔːɹdɚ ænd ɐ pˈɜːmənənt ɪndʒˈʌŋkʃən hˈɔltɪŋ ðə sˈɛʃən ænd ðɪ ˈoʊpənɪŋ ʌv sˈɜːplʌs lˈændz ˈæftɚ ðə mˈɛmbɚz ʌvðə kˌeɪsˌiːˈeɪ tɹˈaɪbz hɐdbɪn ɡˈɪvən ðɛɹ ˌɪndᵻvˈɪdʒuːəl ɐlˈɑːtmənts.
On July 22, 1901, Springer, who was also aided by attorneys Hays McMeehan, William C. Reeves, and Charles Porter Johnson, filed for a temporary restraining order and a permanent injunction halting the cession and the opening of surplus lands after the members of the KCA tribes had been given their individual allotments.