Tesla stock has been on a tear, but the Delaware court decision on Chief Executive Elon Musk's pay package could curb enthusiasm.

Elon Musk may have helped reelect Donald Trump and won influence in the new administration. But an appointed Delaware judge has dealt his best-known company, Tesla, another rebuke in its attempt to grant Musk more than $50 billion in additional company stock.

The social media blowback for Delaware Judge Kathaleen St. J. McCormick came fast and furious after she blocked Elon Musk’s multibillion-dollar Tesla Inc. payday for a second time, spotlighting the pressure that comes with ruling against the world’s richest person.