The ruling followed a 25-minute summation from Forster in which she informed the court that the club had “thumbed its nose” at the city when it opened its doors last week without the required permits and licenses.

Forster accused Racanelli of “circumventing” city ordinances “by calling itself a re-branded business.”

The hearing will resume at 2:30 p.m. Thursday in Clayton.

Watkins at that time plans to assert that Social House II should be allowed to operate under the liquor license and other permits issued to the Market House Pub, the Ramo LLC business that occupied 6655 Delmar Boulevard until late January.

Thursday’s court procedure will play out 24 hours before a Friday hearing at which the University City Council is expected to revoke the license obtained by Racanelli when he opened the Market House Pub in 2010.

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