Musk won pay package with shareholders' vote, Tesla argues in court filing

Tesla is arguing in a court filing that CEO Elon Musk won the legal battle over his $56 billion pay package because shareholders voted to reapprove the compensation after a Delaware judge voided the compensation plan earlier this year.

The filing, which was made public Thursday, comes about two weeks after Tesla shareholders voted to approve Musk's compensation plan, which was originally approved in 2018.

Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick of Delaware's Court of Chancery invalidated the...