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 ...

In a bid to sever ties with the United Methodist Church, Southern Methodist University told Texas Supreme Court justices ... the church’s lawsuit against SMU, which has challenged the authority ...

“Nonmember nonprofits like SMU operate for the benefit of the public, not for private interests, and allowing this suit to go forward would not only make Texas an outlier, but would upend ...