Tesla, led by billionaire CEO Elon Musk, had argued that the judgment should be stayed while the case is appealed, but Judge Green denied that request.

“I think it was correct under the law as we argued before the court,” Lowell Pearson, MADA’s attorney, said of the judge’s decision.

It’s unclear what will happen to Tesla’s facility near Olive Boulevard and Interstate 170 in University and its facilities in Kansas City. The University City store opened in 2013; Kansas City, in 2014. An employee at Tesla’s University City store Thursday said the sales operations were up in the air because of the court case.

“Our online renewal was rejected,” a Tesla spokesman confirmed Thursday. In some states where manufacturers’ sale of vehicles directly to customers is barred, Tesla operates service centers for its customers.

Tesla said it planned to immediately ask the Court of Appeals to issue a stay of the trial court’s decision “in order to prevent an immediate and unnecessary loss of jobs, tax revenue, consumer convenience, and consumer choice for Missourians,” the company said in an emailed statement.