This incident led to a Supreme Court ruling upholding the arrest of the brother of the attorney general.
This incident led to a Supreme Court ruling upholding the arrest of the brother of the attorney general. The resolution authorizing an investigation into this incident was written by Senator Robert La Follette. Thomas Walsh, who headed that investigation, demanded the resignation of Secretary of the Navy Edwin Denby. This was sometimes called the Elk Hills scandal because Pan American Petroleum was given the rights to that oil field without bidding. Name this scandal in which Interior Secretary Albert Fall favored oil companies that had bribed him, scandalizing President Harding's administration.
This incident led to a Supreme Court ruling upholding the arrest of the brother of the attorney general.
Teapot Dome scandal [accept Oil Reserves Scandal before "oil"; accept Elk Hills scandal before it is mentioned]