W&T Offshore, Inc. et al v. Endurance Assurance Corporation et al

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
HOUSTON DIVISION
W&T OFFSHORE, INC ., AND W&T
ENERGY VI, LLC,
Plaintiffs,
vs.
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ENDURANCE ASSURANCE 	§
CORPORATION AND LEXON INSURANCE §
COMPANY, et al., 	§
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D efendants.
CIVIL ACTION NO. 4:24-cv-3047
ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
Pending before this Court in the above-referenced proceeding is Defendants U.S . Fire
Insurance Co. and Pennsylvania Insurance Co .'s (collectively, "the 	Sureties") motions for
preliminary 	injunction 	(Doc. 	Nos. 	93 , 	94); 	Magistrate 	Judge 	Palermo's 	Report 	and
Recommendation (Doc. No. 140) that the Court deny the Sureties' motions for preliminary
injunction; the Sureties' Joint Objections (Doc. No . 143) to the Report and Recommendation; the
Plaintiffs' response in opposition (Doc. No. 144); and the Sureties' joint reply (Doc. No. 148).
The Court has carefully reviewed, de novo, the filings, the applicable law, the Magistrate
Judge 's Report and Recommendation, and the objections thereto, and agrees with the Magistrate
Judge's conclusion that the Sureties have not carried their burden to establish their entitlement to
a preliminary injunction. Accordingly, it is hereby
United States District Court
Southern District of Texas
ENTERED
March 19, 2026
Nathan Ochsner, Clerk
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ORDERED that the Sureties' Joint Objections (Doc. No. 143) are OVERRULED; the
Report and Recommendation (Doc. No. 	140) is ADOPTED; and the Sureties' motions for
preliminary injunction (Doc. Nos. 93 , 94) are DENIED.
It is so ordered. -{'--
Signed on this the£ day of March, 2026.
Andrew S. Han en
United States District Judge
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