Title
The Constitutional Dimensions of Sports Franchise Takings: Lessons Learned from the Baltimore Colts
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2015
Keywords
eminent domain, takings – sports franchises, dormant commerce clause
Abstract
This paper chronicles the history of the Baltimore Colts up to and during that franchises’ relocation from Baltimore City to Indianapolis. Although Baltimore City attempted to prevent the relocation by taking the franchise through eminent domain, the Colts were no longer subject to Maryland’s, and therefore the city’s, jurisdiction. By moving, the Colts exposed an important limitation on State eminent domain authority; that condemned property must be located within a state’s territory in order to be subject to eminent domain. Further, the commerce clause would likely have prevented the city from condemning the Colts.
Disciplines
Constitutional Law | Law | Legal History
Digital Commons Citation
Bullock, Travis, "The Constitutional Dimensions of Sports Franchise Takings: Lessons Learned from the Baltimore Colts" (2015). Legal History Publications. 61.
https://digitalcommons.law.umaryland.edu/mlh_pubs/61