text:  And the court also blocks a nationwide opioid settlement shielding Purdue Pharma's owners, the Sackler family, from civil lawsuits. The question was, did the bankruptcy code allow this to happen? In a very split decision here, the court is saying no. Congress may choose to add to the bankruptcy court special rules for opioid-related bankruptcies as it has for asbestos-related cases. If a policy decision like that is to be made, it is for Congress to make.