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Wis JI-Civil 2800
Conspiracy: Defined
A “conspiracy” is a combination of two or more persons acting together to
accomplish some unlawful purpose or to accomplish some lawful purpose by unlawful
means. The essence of a conspiracy is a combination or agreement to violate or disregard
the law.
Mere similarity of conduct among various persons and the fact that they may have
associated with each other, and may have assembled together and discussed common aims
and interests, does not necessarily establish the existence of a conspiracy.
The evidence need not show that the members entered into any express or formal
agreement or that they directly, by words spoken or written, stated between themselves
what their objectives or purposes were, or the details of them, or the means by which the
objectives or purposes were to be accomplished. A conspiracy may be established by
evidence that the members in some way or manner, or through some contrivance, positively
or without it being openly expressed, came to a mutual understanding to try to accomplish
a common and unlawful plan.
The evidence need not show that all the means or methods claimed by the plaintiff(s)
were agreed upon to carry out the alleged conspiracy; nor that all means or methods which
were agreed upon were actually used or put into operation. Nor need the evidence show
that all persons alleged to have been members of the claimed conspiracy were indeed
members.
History
Wis JI-Civil 2800 (2018). ©2018, Regents, Univ. of Wis. Prepared by the Wisconsin Civil Jury Instructions Committee of the Wisconsin Judicial Conference with the University of Wisconsin Law School; posted by the Wisconsin State Law Library with the University's permission.
Provenance
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- wilawlibrary.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-24
- Edition
- 2026-09-24
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