And the court essentially gave that reasoning in Nix v. Hedden: A tomato is a vegetable because people think it is. The arguments were short and simple.

At the time of the court case in question, Nix v. Hedden, fruits and vegetables differed in another big way, as well: Imported vegetables were slapped with a 10-percent tariff upon their arrival ...

Hedden), to its vegetable-only menu. Nix is devoted to produce, and does its best to serve hearty food (wok-roasted cucumbers with jerk spices, goat cheese, and kumquats) based around vegetables ...

In the 1893 United States Supreme Court case Nix. v. Hedden, the court ruled unanimously that an imported tomato should be taxed as a vegetable, rather than as a (less taxed) fruit, as described ...

Is a tomato a fruit or a vegetable? In Nix v. Hedden, a case from 1893, the Supreme Court had to figure that out, to see which tariff applied. (They said it's a vegetable -- the everyday culinary ...

Tomatoes-As-Veggies Lives On. At first glance, the Nix v. Hedden decision sounds like a Gilded Age curiosity, but the whole "tomatoes are a vegetable" notion still pops up from time to time.