In the 1894 U.S. Supreme Court case of Orget v. Hedden, the court was tasked with determining whether a certain type of French silk fabric known as "silk grenadines" should be classified under tariff laws as a manufactured silk not specially provided for and thus subject to duty or if it fell into another category that would make it exempt from such duties. The plaintiff, Orget, argued that these goods were not made entirely of silk but also contained cotton and wool; therefore they should be considered mixed goods rather than pure silk products. However, after examining samples of the material in question and hearing expert testimony on their composition and manufacturing process, the court ruled against him. They found that despite containing other materials in its construction (cotton for strength), this did not change its essential character as a predominantly silk product which is what mattered most when classifying items under tariff laws at that time.

The dissenting opinion in the Orget v. Hedden case was not provided or recorded, making it impossible to summarize. This 1894 Supreme Court case revolved around a dispute over import duties on oranges and lemons, with the court ultimately ruling that these fruits were properly classified under tariff laws as "berries," despite their common classification as citrus fruits. However, no record of any justice expressing a dissenting view is available for this particular case.