United States v. Kokinda

We are called upon in this case to determine whether a United States Postal Service regulation that prohibits *723“[sjoliciting alms and contributions” on postal premises violates the First Amendment. We hold the regulation valid as applied.

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The respondents in this case, Marsha B. Kokinda and Kevin E. Pearl, were volunteers for the National Democratic Policy Committee, who set up a table on the sidewalk near the entrance of the Bowie, Maryland, Post Office to solicit contributions, sell books and subscriptions to the organization’s newspaper, and distribute literature addressing a variety of…