By 2025-11-18, a series of opioid-related settlements brought by state and local governments against drugmakers, wholesalers, and pharmacies had totaled about $50 billion.
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Cumulative monetary value of multiple legal settlements addressing opioid-related claims.
Funds from opioid litigation settlements are commonly allocated to state and local governments and Native American tribes for programs and efforts to address the opioid crisis.
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Typical allocation pattern for settlement proceeds in opioid-related litigation.
Federal courts have authority to evaluate congressional redistricting maps and can determine that a map constitutes an illegal racial gerrymander under U.S. law.
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Federal judiciary oversight can include finding redistricting plans unlawful when they are based on race in violation of constitutional or statutory protections.
State attorneys general can appeal adverse federal court rulings on redistricting to the U.S. Supreme Court and may seek emergency stays from the Supreme Court to temporarily halt lower-court orders.
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Appeals to the Supreme Court and requests for emergency stays are standard legal remedies used to challenge or pause enforcement of lower-court decisions in redistricting disputes.