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Lawyers representing Tesla shareholders are suing the CEO of the electric vehicle maker Elon Musk for a misleading tweet.
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They're asking the federal judge to deny the billionaire's request to shift the upcoming trial from California to Texas rather than California.
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Musk claims he'll be unfairly treated by potential jurors in San Francisco federal court where the case, which was filed four years ago, was heard.
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In a filing on Wednesday in which, the Tesla shareholders' lawyers argued that there's no legal basis to delay the trial.
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The lawyers also claimed that Musk does not have anyone else to be accountable for any negative impressions.
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Most likely due to his constant activities on Twitter, the social media platform is now his own and operates.
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“For better or worse, Musk is a celebrity who garners attention from the media around the globe,” the shareholders’ attorneys wrote in their 19-page opposition to the transfer request.
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“His footprint on Twitter alone is partially to blame for that. If ‘negative’ attention was all that was required to disqualify a jury pool, Musk would effectively be untriable before a jury given his knack for attracting ’negative” coverage.”