Justices Reject Mob Snitch Case Against NY Restitution Pool
By Tracey Read
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday passed on a petition by a mob informant challenging an appellate court's decision deeming a New York fund that reimburses victims of thieving lawyers an "arm of the state," and thus immune from the informant's suit alleging that he was ripped off by a shady jailhouse lawyer.