Wisconsin Statutes

Wis. Stat. § 946.80 (2026)

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946.80946.80Short title. Sections 946.80 to 946.88 may be cited as the Wisconsin Organized Crime Control Act.
946.80 HistoryHistory: 1981 c. 280; 1989 a. 121.
946.80 AnnotationRICO & WOCCA. Gegios & Jervis. Wis. Law. Apr. 1990.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 16 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1972–2021 · leading case: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. v. Transp. Corp. of Am., 697 F.3d 544 (7th Cir. 2012).
S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. v. Transp. Corp. of Am., 697 F.3d 544 (7th Cir. 2012). · cites it 4× “05 ; (3) civil conspiracy to commit fraud; (4) violation of the Wisconsin Organized Crime Control Act (WOCCA), Wis. Stat. § 946.80 ; and (5) aiding and abetting a breach of fiduciary duty.”
Edgenet, Inc. v. GS1 AISBL, 742 F. Supp. 2d 997 (E.D. Wis. 2010). · cites it 4× “WISCONSIN ORGANIZED CRIME CONTROL ACT Plaintiff advances the same allegations as appear in its claimed RICO violation to support a violation of the Wisconsin Organized Crime Control Act, Wis. Stat. § 946.80 , et seq. (“WOCCA”). (Second Am.”
MBS-Certified Pub. Accountants, LLC v. Wisconsin Bell Inc., 2012 WI 15 (Wis. 2012). · cites it 2× “18 (1), and violations of the Wisconsin Organized Crime Control Act, Wis. Stat. § 946.80 , et seq. (hereinafter, the Crime Control Act).”
State v. Mahaney, 198 N.W.2d 373 (Wis. 1972). · cites it 5× “The statute in question is sec. 946.80, Stats. It provides : “Misconduct on public grounds.”
Budgetel Inns, Inc. v. Micros Sys., Inc., 8 F. Supp. 2d 1137 (E.D. Wis. 1998). · cites it 2× “, and (4) violation of the Wisconsin Organized Crime Control Act (WOCCA), Wis.Stat. § 946.80 et seq. As to the two misrepresentation counts Magistrate Judge Gorence based her recommendation on the economic loss doctrine.”
State v. Mueller, 549 N.W.2d 455 (Wis. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 2× “Stopple appeal from judgments of conviction against them under the Wisconsin Organized Crime Control Act (WOCCA), §§ 946.80 to 946.88, STATS. Each defendant was convicted on one count of pattern racketeering activity, §§ 946.”
Schimpf v. Gerald, Inc., 52 F. Supp. 2d 976 (E.D. Wis. 1999). · cites it 2× “Plaintiffs’ case against Schwarzmann involved Schwarzmann’s actions commencing in 1987, long before any alleged conspiracy involving Reiser.”
Purdy v. Sec. Sav. & Loan Ass'n, 727 F. Supp. 1266 (E.D. Wis. 1989). · cites it 2× “They also assert state law claims for violations of the Wisconsin Organized Crime Control Act, Wis. Stat. §§ 946.80 -.87. In his Complaint, Galecke seeks treble damages for RICO violations in connection with a similar limited partnership investment in Security Investors, Ltd.”
State Ex Rel. Goddard v. Gravano, 108 P.3d 251 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2005). “735(2001)(same); Tenn.Code Ann. §§ 39-12-201 to -210 (2003)(same); Utah Code Ann.”
Martinez v. Calimlim, 651 F. Supp. 2d 852 (E.D. Wis. 2009). · cites it 2× “Thus, plaintiff alleges facts from which it may be reasonably concluded that all defendants agreed that the defendant parents would direct the conduct of an enterprise by committing a variety of acts of racketeering and that the children defendants would engage in various…”
Blue Sky L. Rep. P 74,161 Mark W. Mueller & James I. Stopple v. Michael Sullivan, Sec'y of the Wisconsin Dep't of Corr., 141 F.3d 1232 (7th Cir. 1998). “(Technically, they were convicted of engaging in a pattern of securities fraud, in violation of Wisconsin’s counterpart to the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, Wis. Stat. §§ 946.80 -.88, but we disregard this complication.”
Brunswick Corp. v. E.A. Doyle Mfg. Co., 770 F. Supp. 1351 (E.D. Wis. 1991). · cites it 2× “WOCCA-Judgment Notwithstanding the Verdict The plaintiff asserted in its motion for directed verdict that WOCCA, the Wisconsin Organized Crime Control Act, Wis. Stat. §§ 946.80 -.86, applies a different standard for the pattern requirement.”
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