The church sued the university in 2019 after SMU's board of trustees voted to split from the church without approval from the ...

The Texas Supreme Court set oral arguments in the case of SMU and the United Methodist Church's South Central Jurisdictional ...

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

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

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

The state’s highest court will decide whether loved ones of those killed and injured in power outages during the 2021 winter storm can sue utility distributors.

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

Chief Justice Nathan Hecht, raised a farmer, didn’t expect to be a lawyer, let alone a member of the state’s highest civil ...

The state's high court ruled the cities of Austin and Houston are protected by governmental immunity after their officers ...

The Texas Supreme Court dismissed a case against Assistant Attorney General Brent Webster that claimed professional ...

When Nathan Hecht ran for the Texas Supreme Court in 1988, no Republican had ever been elected to the state’s highest civil ...

With state electric grid operators eyeing the potential for extreme cold early next year, the Texas Supreme Court has agreed ...