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OCR: 18 language As he puts it "[t]he language of Section 505 pasn Congress 15 not restrictive, indicating that was ou intent by Congress t restrict awards of attorney fees ET copyright cases Br But the text Section 505 not even invite alone require, such mechanical constriction Christianshurg Garment 434 11 Indeed, Congress' use of discretionary language Section 505 suggests, if anything, that courts must use judgment on the facts of the case, before shifting counsel fees. The Ninth Circuit' rule satisfies that reovirenent Petitioner's "British Rule plainly does not What FS more when Congress intends to enact mandatory fep- -shifting statutes includine statutes embracing the Petitioner also relies this Court's decision ir Blanchard v. Bergeron, 489 (1989}, for the proposition that "prevailing ...