Case
Closed — win
Minnesota precious-metals dealer rules
The public page describes litigation over Minnesota’s bullion-dealer statute, Chapter 80G, including an Eighth Circuit ruling and a later severance appeal.
The live page calls the Eighth Circuit decision in Styczinski v. Arnold a major victory. It says attorney Erick Kaardal, described there as Five Stones legal counsel, challenged Minnesota Statutes Chapter 80G. It says the court held that Minnesota’s registration and surety-bond rules reached dealers outside the state and violated the dormant Commerce Clause.
What the page reports after that ruling
The page says Tom Styczinski and other bullion traders sued to strike Chapter 80G. It says the law requires registration with the Minnesota Commissioner of Commerce and a surety bond when a dealer has $25,000 or more in “Minnesota transactions” in a year, and that the definition could cover transactions entirely outside Minnesota.
It says that in August 2022 the Eighth Circuit held the extraterritorial definition unconstitutional. The case returned to the district court on whether the invalid pieces could be severed. The page says the district court struck portions of the definition and left the rest of the statute in place. Traders appealed. It says that in June 2025 the Eighth Circuit affirmed, holding that the severed statute no longer regulated wholly out-of-state commerce.
The page also describes an effort to support a petition for certiorari with amici briefs, arguing that the severed statute still burdens interstate bullion trade. The live projects list marks the matter closed.
The public heading is “Save Precious Metals Bullion and Coins Free.” This page uses a gift-safe title and keeps the description above.
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