Judge Kathaleen McCormick of Delaware said Monday that she’s reassigning cases involving Elon Musk after the Tesla
CEO accused her of bias due to what appeared to be her support of a social media post critical of him.
Musk formally accused McCormick of bias last week, and his attorneys demanded that the Delaware Court of Chancery judge recuse herself from two Tesla lawsuits. The LinkedIn post that McCormick allegedly responded to with an emoji touted a court verdict that could cost Musk upwards of $2 billion for defrauding Twitter investors.
McCormick said in a letter to Musk’s attorneys last week that she didn’t intend to click any emoji expressing support for the post, and that she had reported possible “suspicious activity” on her account to LinkedIn.
In her order on Monday, McCormick denied the motion for recusal, but said she was reassigning three Musk-related actions now before the Court of Chancery to other judges.
