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Who decides whether association member complied with rules?

Who decides whether association member complied with rules?

Who decides whether association member complied with rules?

Who decides whether a member of a nonprofit membership corporation has violated the association’s rules to the extent that he should be expelled from the group? The Naked Lady Ranch, Inc., a private aviation community in Martin County, FL, was formed to provide private roads and aircraft runways to its members. The Association expelled a member who continued to take early morning “commercial” flights from the community after the board determined that he was in violation of the rules. He continued to make the flights after being expelled and the Association sued for an injunction. A trial court ruled that the association did not have a procedure in its governing documents to suspend or...

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