The book Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family by Nicholas Pileggi sparked a lawsuit that eventually led the U.S. Supreme Court to examine the constitutionality of New York’s Son of Sam law in Simon & Schuster Inc. v. New York State Crime Victims Bd.The book, published in January 1986, examined the life of Henry Hill, recounting many of his criminal activities while in the Mafia. The book was later made into the Oscar-winning film “Goodfellas.” The New York Crime Victims Board contacted the publisher of Wiseguy, Simon & Schuster, and ordered the publisher to turn over monies that it had contracted to pay Hill for his help in the creation of the book. Simon & Schuster then filed a lawsuit, seeking a declaration from the court that the New York Son of Sam law violated the First Amendment.