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Regardless of the outcome, Warhol wins.
Art really comes down to two things: content and style.
Warhol’s style is definitely defined, it is copied all the time, and odds of a court enforcing the estate’s rights to that style are zero. Regardless of if he’s paid for it, no one will ever be able to take that from him — not even the American Supreme Court.
The photograph referenced in the case is not an original work of art. Photographer happened to get access to a celebrity and took a photograph that if combined with 1000s of other photographs by photographers on the same day of the same celebrity would not be distinctive — it literally deserves no protection.
Warhol, if alive, regardless of the outcome in court would have produced even more meaningful art based on the experience, which would have enriched the world.
The litigant in this case, unless case is thrown out has literally contributed nothing, deserves nothing — and if America rules in their favor, that is exactly what Americans deserve too. The litigant, if remembered, will not be remembered as an artist, but as the troll they are.