Letting the ultra-rich Sacklers use their company’s bankruptcy to shield them from opioid lawsuits sends the wrong message about the justice system, two dozen state attorneys general are arguing.

New York Attorney General Letitia James, along with her counterparts from California and 22 other states, filed papers in bankruptcy court seeking to resume lawsuits against nine members of the Sackler family, which owns OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP.

Protecting the family members, who haven’t declared bankruptcy themselves, gives the impression “that wealthy people can avoid having to answer for alleged wrongdoing,” a Thursday court filing said, the Wall Street Journal reported.