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| | No. 03-107: United States v. Lara - Petition |
 | | On August 29, 2001, respondent was indicted in the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota for assault on a federal officer, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 111(a)(1). |
 | | Contrary to the court of appeals' view, the scope of tribal sovereignty is defined by federal common law as informed by the backdrop of federal treaties and statutes, not by the Constitution, and thus may be modified by Congress in the exercise of its plenary authority over Indian affairs. |
 | | United States, 518 U.S. The dual sovereignty doctrine is based on the principle that a crime is an offense against the sovereignty of a government, and that when a single act violates the sovereignty of two governments, the offender has committed two distinct offenses. |
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