As the newspapers reported itThe 1926 Teapot Dome lease cancellation ruling

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Wednesday, September 29, 1926

The 1926 Teapot Dome lease cancellation ruling · the circuit court of appeals rules

As printed: Reverses Decision of District Court in Matter Sinclair and Associates

ContextTeapot Dome is a naval oil reserve in Wyoming set aside as a fuel supply for the Navy; Albert B. Fall, President Harding's secretary of the interior, leased it in 1922 to the Mammoth Oil Company of Harry F. Sinclair, and the government sued to annul the lease as fraudulent.

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