While both the activists and Purdue hoped for a decisive victory in the court battle, Macy depicts how some cases are more complicated. From one perspective, this is a major win for the activists, who, with the involvement of the federal government, have achieved a historic win over Purdue’s mighty legal team. On the other hand, however, this victory does little to address the underlying causes of the opioid epidemic or even to punish Purdue as a company, suggesting that the activists still have plenty more work to do.