{"id":301484,"date":"2026-03-25T13:32:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T20:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.teslarati.com\/?p=301484"},"modified":"2026-03-25T13:38:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T20:38:30","slug":"elon-musk-demands-delaware-judge-recuse-herself-after-support-post-celebrating-2b-court-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teslarati.com\/elon-musk-demands-delaware-judge-recuse-herself-after-support-post-celebrating-2b-court-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk demands Delaware Judge recuse herself after &#8216;support&#8217; post celebrating $2B court loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tesla CEO Elon Musk&#8217;s legal team has filed a motion demanding that Delaware Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick disqualify herself from an ongoing high-stakes Tesla shareholder lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>The filing, submitted March 25, cites an apparent LinkedIn \u201csupport\u201d reaction from McCormick\u2019s account to a post celebrating a $2 billion jury verdict against Musk in a separate California securities-fraud case.<\/p>\n<p>The move escalates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teslarati.com\/tesla-makes-last-ditch-effort-to-get-ceo-elon-musk-56-billion-payday\/\">long-simmering tensions between Musk, Tesla, and the Delaware judiciary<\/a>, where McCormick previously presided over the landmark challenge to Musk\u2019s record $56 billion 2018 compensation package.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"gLbxadiBkY\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teslarati.com\/delaware-supreme-court-reinstates-elon-musk-2018-tesla-pay-package\/\">Delaware Supreme Court reinstates Elon Musk&#8217;s 2018 Tesla CEO pay package<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Delaware Supreme Court reinstates Elon Musk&#8217;s 2018 Tesla CEO pay package&#8221; &#8212; TESLARATI\" src=\"https:\/\/www.teslarati.com\/delaware-supreme-court-reinstates-elon-musk-2018-tesla-pay-package\/embed\/#?secret=Q0p6XY0icg#?secret=gLbxadiBkY\" data-secret=\"gLbxadiBkY\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The LinkedIn post was written by Harry Plotkin, a Southern California jury consultant who assisted the plaintiffs who sued Musk over 2022 tweets about his Twitter acquisition. Plotkin praised the trial team for \u201cstanding up for the little guy against the richest man in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/25\/business\/elon-musk-seeks-recusal-of-delaware-judge-over-linkedin-support-of-post-mocking-him\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Post<\/a> initially reported the story.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A banner on the post read \u201cKatie McCormick supports this,\u201d using LinkedIn\u2019s heart-in-hand \u201csupport\u201d icon, an endorsement stronger than a simple \u201clike.\u201d Musk\u2019s lawyers argue the action creates \u201ca perception of bias against Mr. Musk,\u201d warranting immediate recusal to preserve judicial impartiality.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This appears to be unequivocal proof she denied the pay package because of her own personal beliefs and not the law.<\/p>\n<p>Corruption. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8dvgcfYuvh\">https:\/\/t.co\/8dvgcfYuvh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TESLARATI (@Teslarati) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Teslarati\/status\/2036824316482818396?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 25, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1adg3ll r-1g7jtus r-1x3r274\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">McCormick swiftly denied intentional endorsement. In a letter to attorneys, she stated she was unaware of the interaction until LinkedIn notified her. She wrote:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1adg3ll r-1g7jtus r-1x3r274\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\"><em>\u201cI either did not click the \u2018support\u2019 icon at all, or I did so accidentally. I do not believe that I did it accidentally.\u201d<\/em> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1adg3ll r-1g7jtus r-1x3r274\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">The chancellor maintains the reaction was inadvertent, but critics, including Musk allies, call the explanation implausible given the platform\u2019s deliberate interface.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1adg3ll r-1g7jtus r-1x3r274\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">McCormick\u2019s central role in the Tesla pay-package litigation underscores the stakes. In Tornetta v. Musk, in January 2024, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teslarati.com\/elon-musk-echoes-worries-over-tesla-control-against-activist-shareholders\/\">she ruled the 2018 performance-based stock-option grant<\/a>, potentially worth $56 billion at the time and now valued far higher, was invalid. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1adg3ll r-1g7jtus r-1x3r274\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">The package consisted of 12 tranches of options, each vesting only after Tesla achieved ambitious market-cap and operational milestones. McCormick found Musk exercised \u201ctransaction-specific control\u201d over Tesla as a controlling stockholder, the board lacked sufficient independence, and proxy disclosures to shareholders were materially deficient. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1adg3ll r-1g7jtus r-1x3r274\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">Applying the entire-fairness standard, she concluded defendants failed to prove the deal was fair in process or price and ordered full rescission, an \u201cunfathomable\u201d remedy she described as necessary to deter fiduciary breaches.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1adg3ll r-1g7jtus r-1x3r274\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">After the ruling, Tesla shareholders ratified the package a second time in June 2024. McCormick rejected that ratification in December 2024, holding that post-trial votes could not cure defects. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1adg3ll r-1g7jtus r-1x3r274\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">Tesla appealed. On December 19 of last year, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teslarati.com\/elon-musk-pay-package-tesla-board-review\/\">Delaware Supreme Court unanimously reversed the rescission remedy<\/a> while largely leaving McCormick\u2019s liability findings intact. The high court deemed total unwinding inequitable and impractical, restoring the package but awarding the plaintiff only nominal $1 damages plus reduced attorneys\u2019 fees. Musk ultimately received the full award.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The current recusal motion arises in yet another Tesla derivative suit before McCormick. Legal observers say granting it could signal heightened scrutiny of judicial social-media activity; denial might reinforce perceptions of an insular Delaware bench.<\/p>\n<p>Broader fallout includes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teslarati.com\/elon-musk-appeal-56-billion-tesla-pay-package\/\">accelerated corporate migration out of Delaware<\/a>, Musk himself moved Tesla\u2019s incorporation to Texas after the first ruling, and renewed debate over whether the state\u2019s specialized courts remain the gold standard for corporate governance disputes.<\/p>\n<p>A decision is expected soon; whichever way it lands, the episode highlights the fragile balance between judicial independence and public confidence in high-profile litigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A banner on the post read \u201cKatie McCormick supports this,\u201d using LinkedIn\u2019s heart-in-hand \u201csupport\u201d icon, an endorsement stronger than a simple \u201clike.\u201d Musk\u2019s lawyers argue the action creates \u201ca perception of bias against Mr. Musk,\u201d warranting immediate recusal to preserve judicial impartiality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35827,"featured_media":209712,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4489,1,4490],"tags":[3789,9,571,153],"class_list":["post-301484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-elon-musk","category-news","category-tesla","tag-delaware","tag-elon-musk","tag-featured","tag-tesla"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Elon Musk demands Delaware Judge recuse herself after &#039;support&#039; 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