Judge reassigns three Elon Musk cases after accusations of bias

A Delaware judge Monday said she is reassigning three cases related to Elon Musk, but would not recuse herself, after she was accused of being biased against the Tesla CEO.

Musk accused Delaware Chancery Judge Kathaleen McCormick of bias after her LinkedIn account appeared to "support" a post on the social media platform that celebrated Musk’s recent legal loss in California, and urged her to recuse herself over the interaction. 

McCormick previously said she was not aware she had interacted with the LinkedIn post until the platform notified her.

“The motion for recusal rests on a false premise—that I support a LinkedIn post about Mr. Musk, which I do not in fact support,” McCormick wrote in the order, per Fox Business. “I am not biased against the defendants in these actions. In fact, I dismissed a suit against Mr. Musk just last year. The motion for recusal is denied. But the motion for reassignment is granted."

McCormick also said in the order that the "disproportionate media attention" surrounding her handling of the cases would be "detrimental to the administration of justice."

"Fortunately, the Court of Chancery is far greater than any one person," she wrote. "I have complete faith in the Vice Chancellors' abilities to adjudicate these matters."

The cases allege that Musk's acquisition of his social media company X, and his work with artificial intelligence company xAI, came at the ​expense of Tesla, according to Reuters.

Musk's request for McCormick to recuse herself also comes after she ruled against the tech mogul in a lawsuit over his multibillion-dollar 2018 pay package from Tesla, which is worth approximately $56 billion in options. But the state Supreme Court last year ruled the pay package must be restored.

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.