Class Certification And The Underpants Gnomes

Law360 (December 3, 2010, 2:31 PM EST) -- In an early episode of the cartoon series "South Park," a boy living in South Park, Colo., discovered that gnomes were coming into his bedroom each night and stealing the underwear out of his dresser. When the main characters of the show finally caught up with these gnomes and asked them why they were taking the underpants, the gnomes explained that it was all part of their three-step business plan. Step one was to gather large quantities of underpants, and step three was to make big profits. Unfortunately, none of the gnomes had any idea what step two was; each assumed that somebody else in their organization knew the answer....

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