Spencer v. Logan

How later courts describe this case

• remanding for determination of whether mother has cognizable claim under section 1983 "for the injury to her constitutionally protected liberty interest in parenthood"
• finding no relationship between Customs’ violation of a regulation and jurisdiction in the Court of International Trade
• failure to train or supervise employees working with volatile explosives
• “the 1977 amendments did not change the extent to which section 313 waived immunity from state or local control; it merely made it clear that where federal agencies are subject to state or local regulation they must comply with state or local procedural as well as substantive requirements”