Anna Claire Howland, 21, a junior at Southern Methodist University and Kappa Kappa Gamma member, was prominently featured on ...

Southern Methodist University, or SMU, was brought to court over its plan to drop its affiliation with the Methodist Church.

A Texas Supreme Court hearing marked the climax of a significant six-year legal battle. SMU has declared its independence ...

Southern Methodist University in Dallas tried to declare its independence after the church voted to ban gay weddings and clergy in 2019.

A contentious, six-year legal battle between the United Methodist Church and Southern Methodist University is coming before the Texas Supreme Court today. The controversy centers around who maintains ...

The Texas Supreme Court is hearing a case over church control of Southern Methodist University (SMU) regarding a dispute with ...

Southern Methodist University told Texas Supreme Court justices Wednesday it's controlled solely by its board of trustees, ...

(CN) — Southern Methodist University urged the Texas Supreme Court on Wednesday to throw out a lawsuit by the Methodist ...

The job abandoned by Jay Hartzell last week requires withstanding pressure from the highest offices in the state and ...

The crux of the issue is who controls the university—its Board of Trustees or the church—following the university’s 2019 attempt to distance itself. This move occurred as the church adopted stricter ...

The case stems from a lawsuit the United Methodist Church’s South Central Jurisdictional Conference, which runs the church’s ...

Syra Castillo is an intern with The Dallas Morning News' Arts & Entertainment team and is a student at Southern Methodist ...