Thing was nino got out on appeal for the cop shooting but was under federal indictment to or was on trial with big paul when he was whacked. Supposedly gotti called nino in and he refused but where did that story ever come from. I'm guessing nino was on house arrest during the cop shooting appeal in 1985 and couldn't meet up with gotti anyway. I'm guessing Gotti respected nino cause he was a stone cold gangster with as many bodies if not more then gotti and was only 10 15yrs older then him