what happened was that heclair's company that organized, calling it the mammoth oil company, the mammoth oil company continued to develop the oilfield at teapot dome. they claimed that he had every right to do it because a contract that it been issued to him by the interior department was still a valid contract. the federal government would have none of it. clearly, this contract was obtained through fraud and bribery. the federal government brought an action in district court in wyoming. kennedy had a very contrary in view of how that contract was arrived at, apparently. claimsmemoirs, kennedy that when that contract decision came up before his court, he took the position that a contract is a contract. sacrosanct. unless there's overwhelming evidence to indicate that the contract was somehow obtained through fraud or bribes, then it should be enforced. what we have here are copies of an unpublished manuscript written by t blake kennedy. he wrote it late in his judicial career. the last paragraph sums it up, where he says -- i close this chapter with this suggestion of curiosity which is