Supreme Court of New Jersey· 7/20/1995

State v. Ball

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661 A.2d 251
141 N.J. 142
1995 N.J. LEXIS 522

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holding that under New Jersey RICO statute, an “enterprise” is a separate element from the “pattern of racketeering activity”
explaining that a NJRICO conspiracy requires an agreement to commit at least two predicate acts
finding that the “distinguishing marks” of an enterprise are “[t]he division of labor and the separation of functions undertaken by the participants”
noting that state courts \heed federal legislative history and case law 30 A-1787-16T6 in construing\ New Jersey's RICO statute, which was modeled on the federal RICO statute
noting that “because the federal [RICO] statute served as an initial model for our own, we heed federal legislative history and case law in construing our [NJ RICO] statute.”
“[B]ecause the federal statute served as an initial model for [the NJRICO statute], we heed federal legislative history and case law in construing our statute.”

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