Florida League of Professional Lobbyists, Inc. v. William N. Meggs, as State Attorney for the Second Judicial Circuit of Florida

EDMONDSON, Circuit Judge:

Florida, like every other state in the union, 1 has enacted legislation regulating the conduct of those who “lobby” the state’s legislative or executive officials. This appeal requires us to determine whether Chap. 93-121, Laws of Florida, is unconstitutional so far as it requires extensive disclosure by lobbyists and their principals and bars lobbyists from receiving fees contingent on their success in affecting legislative or executive outcomes. We hold that Florida’s disclosure requirements survive the facial challenge that Appellant brings today. And, we uphold…