The city of Philadelphia and District Attorney Larry Krasner are asking the state Supreme Court to move their respective suits over the opioid crisis back to their home jurisdiction in order to escape the "black hole of the Delaware County Court," where Pennsylvania's opioid litigation has been coordinated since 2018.

The state of Pennsylvania, acting by and through Krasner, and Philadelphia filed an application for extraordinary relief May 11 to request that the high court remand Krasner's suit—one of four designated "Track One" test cases in the Pennsylvania opioid litigation—to the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, and lift the stay on and remand four suits that the city filed.