Virginia Rutledge, counsel for The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts (which filed a friend of the court brief in the case), told A.i.A., «The outcome can't be predicted based on questions raised during
oral argument, but the Court has before it very
compelling arguments for Prince's transformative use of Cariou's imagery and the significance of the First Amendment speech interests
at stake, and was openly dismissive of allegations of market harm.»