Prospective jurors don't like Elon Musk. Just ask his own lawyers.

Elon Musk is not a popular man in the San Francisco Bay Area.

filed on Thursday night by Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, which is defending Musk and Tesla against shareholders’ allegations that they were defrauded when Musk tweeted in April 2018 that he had “funding secured” for a deal to take the company private at a price of $420 per share.

Chen denied the transfer motion at a hearing on Friday, which means Tesla and Musk realized no immediate benefit from Quinn Emanuel’s revelations about just how disliked Musk is among members of the jury pool. But such is litigation, where good strategy can mean hurting your client’s feelings. Even when your client is Elon Musk., from previous cases in which he has testified under oath, as a feisty witness who relishes confrontations with opposing counsel.

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