SCJ CONFERENCE OF UMC v. SMU

No. 05-21-00151-CV.

674 S.W.3d 334 (2023)

SOUTH CENTRAL JURISDICTIONAL CONFERENCE OF the UNITED METHODIST CHURCH and Bishop Scott Jones, Appellants v. SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

Opinion Filed July 26, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vidal G. Martinez , Amanda Peterson , Martinez Partners, LLP, Houston, for Appellant Jones, Bishop Scott.

Veronica S. Moye , William B. Dawson , Scott K. Hvidt , Allyson N. Ho , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Dallas, for Appellee.

Sawnie A. McEntire , Parsons McEntire McCleary PLLC, Dallas, Jeffrey R. Parsons , Jarod D. Bonine , Parsons McEntire McCleary PLLC, Houston, Alexandra W. Wahl , Wick Phillips Gould Martin, LLP, Dallas, for Appellant South Central Jurisdictional Conference of the United Methodist Church.

Before Justices Partida-Kipness, Reichek, and Goldstein.


OPINION

This is an appeal from the trial court's orders granting Rule 91a dismissal and summary judgment in favor of appellee Southern Methodist University (SMU). In eight issues, appellant South Central Jurisdictional Conference of the United Methodist Church (Conference) asserts that the trial court erred...

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