Blacklock is replacing retired Chief Justice Nathan Hecht, while Abbott's legal adviser James Sullivan takes the open spot on ...

AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott appointed Texas Supreme Court Justice Jimmy Blacklock to be the court’s chief justice and named ...

Blacklock replaces Nathan Hecht, the longest serving justice on the high court. Gov. Greg Abbott also appointed his general counsel, James Sullivan, to the bench.

Gov. Greg Abbott named Jimmy Blacklock as chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court following the retirement of Nathan Hecht.

The Texas Supreme Court is weighing three landmark cases concerning conflicts between the state and religious freedom, and ...

Southern Methodist University is set to appear in the Texas Supreme Court in a bid to separate from the United Methodist Church.

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

Bracewell has announced that six lawyers have been promoted to partner, effective Jan. 1: W. Jared Berg (Houston), Christie L ...

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

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

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