 Even the taking of a professional sports team's franchise has been held by the California Supreme Court to be within the purview of the "public use" constitutional limitation, although eventually, that taking (of the Oakland Raiders' NFL franchise) was not permitted because it was deemed to violate the interstate commerce clause of the U.S. Constitution.A taking of property must be accompanied by payment of "just compensation" to the [former] owner.In theory, this is supposed to put the owner in the same position that he would have been in had his property not been taken.