 Members of the Sackler family aren't bankrupt, but they hope by paying roughly $6 billion into a bankruptcy settlement, the court would grant them immunity from future opioid lawsuits. But in a 5-4 ruling, justices said Congress never granted bankruptcy courts the authority to block lawsuits in this way. Adam Levitin teaches law at Georgetown University. This is going to really put the brakes on so-called parasitic bankruptcies, where a non-bankrupt entity like the Sackler family tries to piggyback.