The Texas Supreme Court set oral arguments in the case of SMU and the United Methodist Church's South Central Jurisdictional ...

The church sued the university in 2019 after SMU's board of trustees voted to split from the church without approval from the ...

In layman's terms, the fight is over who owns the nonprofit private university and has the authority to set its rules.

A multi-year fight over whether Southern Methodist University can separate itself from the United Methodist Church is heading ...

The Texas Supreme Court is weighing three landmark cases concerning conflicts between the state and religious freedom, and ...

University of Texas Austin President Jay Hartzell is leaving his position to become the next president of Southern Methodist ...

Hecht is the longest-tenured Supreme Court justice in Texas history. He won six reelections and led the court as chief ...

Northeast Texas is expecting several inches of snow, complicating life for farmers and ranchers between Dallas and Texarkana.

Southern Methodist University in Dallas and the United Methodist Church are set to deliver oral arguments in the Texas ...

After a four-month search, SMU announced Jay Hartzell received unanimous approval from the board of trustees to be the ...

Chief Justice Nathan Hecht, raised a farmer, didn’t expect to be a lawyer, let alone a member of the state’s highest civil ...

Southern Methodist University is set to appear in the Texas Supreme Court in a bid to separate from the United Methodist Church.