"County of Oneida v. Oneida Indian Nation of New York State", 470 U.S. 226 (1985), affirmed the rejection of the counties' affirmative defenses, leaving the damages award intact.The larger portion of the Oneida claim, to the tract, was rejected by the Second Circuit in 1988 on the grounds that the Confederation Congress Proclamation of 1783 had neither the authority nor the intent to limit the acquisition of Indian lands within the borders of US states.