People v. Hedemann

In People v. Hedemann (107 Misc. 2d 241 [App Term, 1st Dept 1981]), a tax protestor in the taxpayer assistance area of the IRS office in Manhattan was asked to move activities to the lobby, but he refused. The court found this to be a legitimate regulation of free speech activity. The court said that the defendant did not have the right to use all parts of the building for unlimited expressive purposes. The court found the critical question to be whether the manner of expression was compatible with the normal activity of a particular place at a particular time, citing Grayned v. City of Rockford (408 U.S. 104 [1972]). The court in Hedemann (supra) cited areas historically associated with the exercise of First Amendment rights: streets, parks, and terminals.