Texas Supreme Court hears SMU v. United Methodist Church case | wfaa.com
2 days ago · DALLAS — The Texas Supreme Court Wednesday heard a case that could determine whether or not SMU can sever ties with the United Methodist Church. The case stems from a lawsuit the United ...
SMU challenges authority of Methodist Church in Texas Supreme Court ...
2 days ago · In a bid to sever ties with the United Methodist Church, Southern Methodist University told Texas Supreme Court justices Wednesday the school is an independent entity and controlled solely by its ...
'They shut the door on us': Texas Supreme Court hears arguments in SMU ...
2 days ago · The Texas Supreme Court heard arguments on if SMU can split from the United Methodist Church after the board of trustees voted to leave the church in 2019 following the church's refusal to ...
High court hears case over church control of SMU | UMNews.org
1 day ago · The dispute between Southern Methodist University and a United Methodist jurisdiction has reached the highest court in Texas. The Texas Supreme Court heard oral arguments Jan. 15 in the South Central Jurisdictional Conference’s nearly six-year legal battle to retain some governance of the Dallas university with Methodist in its name.. At issue in the case is whether Texas law allows SMU’s ...
Texas Supreme Court hears arguments in case likely to …
The Texas Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in a case that could determine whether the United Methodist Church controls Southern Methodist University. SMU changed its governing language in ...
SMU challenges authority of Methodist Church in Texas Supreme Court …
2 days ago · A student walks in front of the Fondren Library, which houses the archives, Monday, March 6, 2023, at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. In a bid to sever ties with the United Methodist Church, Southern Methodist University told Texas Supreme Court justices Wednesday the school is an independent entity and controlled solely by its board ...
Southern Methodist University Wants to Sever Ties to Its …
3 days ago · The Texas Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Wednesday in a battle over whether Southern Methodist University can separate from the United Methodist Church. The university, founded in Dallas by ...
Methodist Church suit against SMU reaches Texas Supreme Court
3 days ago · 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 control over the university—its Board of Trustees or the church—after the university tried to distance itself in 2019.
SMU’s bid to split from church goes to Texas Supreme Court | The Texas …
Jan 2, 2025 · The Texas Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments in a lawsuit between the 12,000-student private university in Dallas and the South Central Jurisdiction of the United Methodist Church ...
Oct 26, 2023 · Asking who or what is to blame for the closure of SMU and other schools in the spring of 2020 gives rise to related questions of enormous political, social, and economic significance.
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