WASHINGTON:  The owner of the Happy Time marijuana store in Yakima opened his doors Friday and began selling, flouting a city ban on pot stores.

His defiance was backed by a Yakima County Superior Court show-cause order, banning the city from closing the store and requiring the city to show why it shouldn’t be allowed to operate. A hearing is scheduled for next Friday.

Owner Jaime Campos, who has a state license to sell marijuana, said he was expressing his entrepreneurial rights by doing business without a city license.