Dallas Hall on the Southern Methodist University Campus in Dallas, Texas. (Jeffrey Beall/Wikimedia Commons) (CN) — The Texas Supreme Court gave the Methodist Church a green light Friday to sue to ...

The Texas Supreme Court ruled June 27, 2025, that the United Methodist Church can sue Southern Methodist University to enforce more control over the school, which the church founded in 1911. The ...

The highest court in Texas handed a significant win to United Methodist efforts to maintain strong ties with Southern Methodist University. In a mostly unanimous opinion released June 27, the Texas ...

Amid the mass exodus of liberals and conservatives, the United Methodist Church is attempting to regain control over one of its financial assets: Southern Methodist University in Dallas. In a legal ...

Southern Methodist University has exceeded its $1.5 billion fundraising goal, university officials announced on Friday - concluding the effort less than four years after launching the ambitious, ...

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AUSTIN - A regional branch of the United Methodist Church with jurisdiction over Southern Methodist University can sue SMU for breach-of-contract claims as a third-party beneficiary, the Texas Supreme ...

A dozen Dallas-Fort Worth universities have made U.S. News and World Report's just-released list of best schools in the nation for 2026, with Southern Methodist University landing on top in ...

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