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OCR: 30 civil rights' (ibid.) To impose fees on the intervenors, the Court explained, PInOM ignore the crucial connection between liability for violation of federal law and liability for attorney fees rapun federal fee shifting statutes (tbid.). The Zipes case illustrates just how reluctant the Court is to shift fees the absence af wrongdoing by the losing party Although the prevailing plaintiffs Zipes had asserted claim under Title policy that Congress considered the highest priority (Christiansburg Garment 416 the Court declined to impose fees on the intervenors. Fee awards the Count emphasized. must clearly distinguish between wrongdoers and the blameless' {49) 763 Petitioner overlooks that distinction entirely Although he contends that prevailing copyright defendants "provide benefit genera ...