«Accordingly, absent the receipt of significant derogatory information indicating a serious threat to public safety and welfare, lawful permanent resident status will be
a dispositive factor in our case - by - case determinations.»
The importer appealed to the Supreme Court, which held that
in copyright
cases the «objective reasonableness» of the losing party's legal position carries «substantial weight»
in deciding whether to grant attorneys» fees to the winning party — but that
factor alone is not
dispositive: a party's litigation misconduct or «repeated» infringement or «overaggressive» enforcement of claims could also justify a fee award even if a party's legal argument was reasonable.