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In Oklahoma Territory in 1889, retired lawman Jed Cooper is accused of rustling cattle by a posse of nine men: Captain Wilson, Reno, Miller, Jenkins, Stone, Maddow, Tommy, Loomis, and Charlie Blackfoot. When Cooper fails to produce a legitimate bill of sale, and is told the owner of the cattle was murdered, the posse hangs him, with only Jenkins objecting. Shortly afterwards, Marshal Dave Bliss rescues Cooper and takes him to Fort Grant. The actual rustler is caught and hanged; and territorial judge, Adam Fenton, sets Cooper free, but warns him not to take his revenge. As an alternative, Fenton offers Cooper a job as a marshal. Cooper accepts, and Fenton warns him not to kill the lynchers, but to bring them in for trial.

While picking up a prisoner, Cooper finds Reno inside a local saloon, and shoots him dead when Reno draws on him. Jenkins turns himself in, after learning of Reno’s death, promising to provide the names of other posse members. Cooper arrests Stone in the town of Red Creek. The sheriff promises to assist, but tells Cooper the posse members are respected citizens. He leverages problems with his bad back to excuse his involvement.

While en route to arrest the posse, Cooper is diverted by a report that three men killed a rancher and his son while rustling their cattle. One of the rustlers is Miller. The other two are teenaged brothers who admit stealing the cattle, but insist only Miller committed the murders. Cooper, alone, successfully escorts the three men to Fort Grant to the praises of Judge Fenton. All three are sentenced to hang, despite Cooper’s testimony that the brothers are not guilty of murder. Fenton justifies the hangings as a means of establishing statehood more quickly.

Sometime later, the surviving posse pays Cooper the money they stole from him; but, Cooper remains resolved to still bring them to justice. Blackfoot and Maddow flee, while Tommy and Loomis stick with Wilson and agree to help kill Cooper.

The three lynchers ambush Cooper in a brothel, seriously wounding him. Cooper is slowly nursed back to health by a widow, Rachel Warren. Rachel reveals she is hunting for the outlaws who killed her husband and raped her. She and Cooper begin an affair; he says that she might never find her rapists. Cooper tries to resign, but Judge Fenton gives him the location of Wilson's ranch, where Wilson, Tommy, and Loomis are hiding.

Cooper survives an ambush as he approaches Wilson's ranch house. He stabs Loomis to death, and shoots and kills Tommy. Cooper breaches the ranch house, and finds Wilson has hanged himself.

Returning to Fort Grant, Cooper hands in his marshal's star and demands that Fenton sign a pardon for Jenkins, who is both contrite and seriously ill. The two men debate the merits of territorial justice. Fenton insists that he is doing as well as he can, cursing the fact that his is the only court in the territory with little recourse for plaintiffs; and tells Cooper that if he disagrees with him, the best thing he can do is to help Oklahoma become a state (and thus get proper courts) by continuing to serve as a U.S. marshal. Cooper takes back his star in exchange for Jenkins' release. Fenton then gives Cooper fresh warrants for Blackfoot and Maddow, telling him, "The law still wants 'em." Cooper nods and rides off.

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