An appellate court in Texas has upheld the action of a nonprofit homeowners’ association whose members removed a director for “cause” after she complained about the approval of a building variance and had her lawyer ask the board to have the Association’s lawyer to review the matter. ( Matzel v. Stonecrest Ranch Property Owners’ Association, Ct. of App., TX, Fourteenth Dist, Houston, No. 14-08-00326, 1/29/10 .) A member of the Association distributed to the rest of the Association’s members a copy of the director’s letter saying she was “prepared to seek all remedies” if the board did not change its way of operation. The members petitioned for a special meeting to consider her removal. After both sides had an opportunity to address the membership, the director was removed by a vote of 45-9.