Justice Jimmy Blacklock, a conservative ally of Gov. Greg Abbott, has been named the new chief justice of the Texas Supreme ...

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

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

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

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

Bracewell has announced that six lawyers have been promoted to partner, effective Jan. 1: W. Jared Berg (Houston), Christie L ...

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

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 ...

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

Chief Justice Nathan Hecht leaves a legacy of legal wisdom, low-income litigant advocacy and a blueprint for judicial ...