The board of a Louisiana nonprofit corporation has the authority under the state nonprofit corporation law and its own bylaws to expand its number, refuse to seat a board member accused of an ethical violation, and expel the member from its membership, an appellate court in Louisiana has held. It affirmed a trial court decision that dismissed the individual’s claim. John B. Wells was a member of the Alliance for Good Government, Inc., and was elected to a one-year term on the board by one of its local chapters. He had previously been reprimanded as the result of an ethics complaint. The board refused to seat him after his election and a month later expelled him from membership. Wells sued...