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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
By Jessica Priest

United Methodist Church can fight to prevent split with SMU, Texas Supreme Court rules


The Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday that the United Methodist Church can keep fighting for control of Southern Methodist University.

In 2019, the Dallas-based school changed its governing documents, removing all references to the church that helped found it more than a century ago. School leaders declared that its board of trustees was the “ultimate authority” over the university, not the United Methodist Church.

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