 William W. Morrow, United States District Judge for the Northern District of California on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, subsequently reversed Noyes' rulings, and ordered the gold mines restored to their rightful owners.After Noyes left Nome in disgrace, Lindeberg joined a group of masked vigilantes to seize their properties back from the claim jumpers.The claim-jumping incident was the basis for Rex Beach's best-selling novel "The Spoilers" (1906), which was made into a stage play and five times into movies.