Opinion ID: 622359
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Heading: The First Round of Litigation

Text: In August 2003, Tri-Valley CAREs brought suit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, challenging the EA on numerous grounds under NEPA. Tri-Valley Cares v. U.S. Department of Energy, No. C 03-3926-SBA, 2004 WL 2043034 (N.D.Cal. Sep. 10, 2004). On September 10, 2004, the district court granted summary judgment for the DOE on the ground that the DOE had satisfied the requirements of NEPA in preparing the original EA. Id., at 2004 WL 2043034 at . On appeal, we affirmed all aspects of the EA, except for the DOE's failure to consider the environmental impact of a terrorist attack. Tri-Valley Cares v. Dep't of Energy, 203 Fed. Appx. 105, 107 (9th Cir.2006). We thus affirmed in part and reversed in part, remanding for the sole purpose of the DOE's considering whether the threat of a terrorist act required the preparation of an EIS. Id. at 106-07.