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District Court Department
Fiscal Year 2001 Statistics
Civil Filings and Dispositions - By Court
| Civil
Filings and Dispositions - Fiscal Year 2001 - By Court |
 Court |
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CIVIL
REMANDS
|
REGULAR
CIVIL
|
OTHER
CIVIL
|
SUMMARY
PROCESS
|
SMALL
CLAIMS
|
SUPPLEMENTARY
PROCESS
|
ABUSE
PREVENTION (209A)
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Filed
|
Disposed
|
Filed
|
Disposed
|
Filed
|
Disposed
|
Filed
|
Disposed
|
Filed
|
Disposed
|
Filed
|
Disposed
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Filed
|
Disposed
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| |
| 1 |
Attleboro |
|
9
|
38
|
715
|
646
|
25
|
6
|
204
|
176
|
1,554
|
1,293
|
503
|
313
|
780
|
780
|
| 2 |
Ayer |
|
0
|
0
|
338
|
362
|
24
|
13
|
107
|
113
|
944
|
893
|
122
|
63
|
350
|
309
|
| 3 |
Barnstable |
|
15
|
27
|
885
|
943
|
6
|
6
|
265
|
200
|
2,501
|
2,519
|
311
|
180
|
344
|
356
|
| 4 |
Brighton |
|
15
|
25
|
360
|
469
|
78
|
20
|
73
|
71
|
599
|
549
|
158
|
159
|
223
|
223
|
| 5 |
Brockton |
|
150
|
120
|
2,124
|
1,492
|
26
|
19
|
258
|
205
|
3,753
|
3,190
|
712
|
560
|
1,192
|
1,273
|
| 6 |
Brookline |
|
0
|
0
|
282
|
193
|
5
|
2
|
164
|
130
|
742
|
558
|
58
|
56
|
95
|
89
|
| 7 |
Cambridge |
|
0
|
2
|
3,028
|
2,848
|
17
|
10
|
775
|
738
|
3,279
|
3,302
|
376
|
354
|
429
|
512
|
| 8 |
Charlestown |
|
3
|
4
|
118
|
62
|
7
|
6
|
40
|
46
|
227
|
179
|
42
|
33
|
90
|
93
|
| 9 |
Chelsea |
|
60
|
18
|
808
|
365
|
3
|
2
|
737
|
489
|
1,610
|
1,202
|
365
|
351
|
833
|
747
|
| 10 |
Chicopee |
|
2
|
0
|
646
|
596
|
15
|
35
|
68
|
15
|
914
|
615
|
175
|
36
|
434
|
284
|
| 11 |
Clinton |
|
14
|
14
|
331
|
309
|
1
|
1
|
42
|
38
|
513
|
817
|
99
|
284
|
181
|
181
|
| 12 |
Concord |
|
0
|
0
|
464
|
545
|
33
|
30
|
85
|
94
|
1,204
|
1,157
|
152
|
41
|
193
|
193
|
| 13 |
Dedham |
|
0
|
0
|
1,363
|
1,824
|
21
|
4
|
198
|
141
|
1,850
|
1,934
|
234
|
352
|
179
|
175
|
| 14 |
Dorchester |
|
4
|
0
|
877
|
703
|
113
|
109
|
472
|
456
|
2,263
|
2,742
|
1,489
|
372
|
1,667
|
1,320
|
| 15 |
Dudley |
|
3
|
15
|
648
|
623
|
0
|
0
|
116
|
113
|
1,985
|
1,870
|
238
|
79
|
692
|
697
|
| 16 |
East
Boston |
|
8
|
15
|
323
|
343
|
16
|
7
|
265
|
229
|
1,822
|
1,194
|
236
|
69
|
391
|
252
|
| 17 |
East
Brookfield |
|
12
|
23
|
314
|
333
|
14
|
11
|
33
|
34
|
841
|
1,231
|
91
|
61
|
353
|
324
|
| 18 |
Edgartown |
|
1
|
0
|
142
|
166
|
19
|
15
|
21
|
14
|
1,066
|
842
|
64
|
31
|
90
|
108
|
| 19 |
Fall
River |
|
26
|
59
|
1,235
|
1,025
|
0
|
0
|
92
|
72
|
4,632
|
3,312
|
579
|
187
|
1,007
|
863
|
| 20 |
Falmouth |
|
16
|
22
|
385
|
376
|
30
|
27
|
186
|
174
|
1,468
|
1,512
|
218
|
144
|
399
|
350
|
| 21 |
Fitchburg |
|
19
|
36
|
448
|
548
|
27
|
13
|
119
|
97
|
1,016
|
920
|
161
|
57
|
449
|
403
|
| 22 |
Framingham |
|
0
|
0
|
1,168
|
931
|
0
|
0
|
640
|
579
|
2,192
|
1,872
|
283
|
84
|
449
|
403
|
| 23 |
Gardner |
|
8
|
18
|
263
|
147
|
27
|
19
|
87
|
63
|
867
|
464
|
126
|
81
|
302
|
302
|
| 24 |
Gloucester |
|
2
|
14
|
235
|
239
|
15
|
11
|
68
|
75
|
634
|
467
|
133
|
97
|
282
|
126
|
| 25 |
Greenfield |
|
0
|
2
|
354
|
308
|
15
|
21
|
191
|
169
|
978
|
689
|
150
|
74
|
319
|
319
|
| 26 |
Haverhill |
|
22
|
15
|
894
|
515
|
0
|
0
|
152
|
80
|
1,096
|
439
|
202
|
81
|
775
|
775
|
| 27 |
Hingham |
|
43
|
51
|
725
|
627
|
41
|
38
|
116
|
112
|
1,516
|
1,247
|
270
|
150
|
379
|
358
|
| 28 |
Holyoke |
|
1
|
0
|
259
|
187
|
6
|
6
|
171
|
157
|
701
|
581
|
116
|
52
|
532
|
462
|
| 29 |
Ipswich |
|
1
|
1
|
140
|
80
|
14
|
15
|
25
|
18
|
300
|
260
|
39
|
26
|
136
|
139
|
| 30 |
Lawrence |
|
12
|
63
|
1,284
|
1,086
|
21
|
8
|
219
|
172
|
3,064
|
2,685
|
455
|
302
|
1,313
|
1,286
|
| 31 |
Leominster |
|
1
|
0
|
359
|
159
|
18
|
13
|
116
|
55
|
1,643
|
1,540
|
129
|
205
|
323
|
259
|
| 32 |
Lowell |
|
0
|
5
|
1,984
|
2,331
|
36
|
36
|
665
|
690
|
3,698
|
3,308
|
727
|
638
|
1,689
|
1,718
|
| 33 |
Lynn |
|
22
|
11
|
1,475
|
1,463
|
90
|
43
|
705
|
670
|
2,398
|
2,521
|
576
|
125
|
1,413
|
713
|
| 34 |
Malden |
|
3
|
0
|
2,325
|
978
|
0
|
0
|
621
|
368
|
2,234
|
1,658
|
631
|
309
|
762
|
699
|
| 35 |
Marlborough |
|
0
|
0
|
414
|
220
|
17
|
7
|
209
|
183
|
878
|
671
|
124
|
60
|
241
|
233
|
| 36 |
Milford |
|
11
|
17
|
411
|
338
|
18
|
19
|
129
|
99
|
1,039
|
872
|
140
|
82
|
298
|
300
|
| 37 |
Nantucket |
|
2
|
1
|
83
|
84
|
3
|
2
|
22
|
19
|
337
|
286
|
17
|
10
|
63
|
55
|
| 38 |
Natick |
|
0
|
0
|
240
|
257
|
5
|
0
|
51
|
52
|
588
|
495
|
69
|
46
|
64
|
54
|
| 39 |
New
Bedford |
|
25
|
51
|
1,387
|
1,437
|
55
|
33
|
120
|
100
|
5,181
|
5,495
|
522
|
210
|
1,238
|
1,241
|
| 40 |
Newburyport |
|
2
|
29
|
377
|
2
|
12
|
11
|
78
|
81
|
1,062
|
941
|
138
|
98
|
430
|
416
|
| 41 |
Newton |
|
0
|
1
|
4,267
|
5,960
|
2
|
1
|
81
|
12
|
1,133
|
962
|
218
|
55
|
141
|
84
|
| 42 |
No.
Berkshire |
|
2
|
0
|
208
|
181
|
11
|
13
|
190
|
193
|
909
|
797
|
113
|
100
|
370
|
373
|
| 43 |
Northampton |
|
5
|
8
|
606
|
511
|
12
|
9
|
317
|
315
|
1,595
|
1,353
|
232
|
96
|
382
|
382
|
| 44 |
Orange |
|
0
|
0
|
163
|
98
|
4
|
4
|
92
|
89
|
811
|
531
|
73
|
27
|
202
|
178
|
| 45 |
Orleans |
|
16
|
27
|
431
|
337
|
47
|
145
|
121
|
143
|
1,474
|
1,199
|
203
|
167
|
381
|
209
|
| 46 |
Palmer |
|
0
|
0
|
326
|
300
|
14
|
13
|
64
|
72
|
915
|
1,961
|
138
|
74
|
316
|
284
|
| 47 |
Peabody |
|
5
|
19
|
544
|
362
|
14
|
11
|
228
|
207
|
1,394
|
1,267
|
152
|
258
|
278
|
96
|
| 48 |
Pittsfield |
|
1
|
1
|
478
|
481
|
15
|
13
|
402
|
277
|
1,638
|
1,203
|
183
|
110
|
458
|
251
|
| 49 |
Plymouth |
|
66
|
158
|
949
|
763
|
6
|
15
|
100
|
95
|
3,064
|
2,801
|
390
|
316
|
524
|
508
|
| 50 |
Quincy |
|
1
|
2
|
2,173
|
2,313
|
59
|
55
|
996
|
974
|
6,521
|
4,621
|
927
|
609
|
1,054
|
1,010
|
| 51 |
Roxbury |
|
17
|
1
|
303
|
208
|
1
|
0
|
77
|
76
|
736
|
606
|
364
|
465
|
951
|
413
|
| 52 |
Salem |
|
18
|
86
|
1,371
|
1,579
|
20
|
16
|
324
|
294
|
1,774
|
1,421
|
371
|
145
|
628
|
628
|
| 53 |
So.
Berkshire |
|
1
|
5
|
151
|
185
|
3
|
4
|
32
|
34
|
511
|
486
|
50
|
18
|
127
|
115
|
| 54 |
Somerville |
|
0
|
0
|
2,652
|
2,014
|
21
|
21
|
456
|
534
|
3,176
|
3,396
|
438
|
135
|
686
|
686
|
| 55 |
South
Boston |
|
9
|
5
|
179
|
130
|
1
|
0
|
89
|
80
|
380
|
287
|
114
|
77
|
298
|
110
|
| 56 |
Springfield |
|
31
|
27
|
2,888
|
3,055
|
42
|
26
|
158
|
157
|
5,282
|
4,546
|
854
|
56
|
1,490
|
1,490
|
| 57 |
Stoughton |
|
1
|
0
|
588
|
564
|
11
|
9
|
101
|
104
|
1,214
|
1,097
|
199
|
73
|
174
|
144
|
| 58 |
Taunton |
|
2
|
15
|
1,160
|
931
|
1
|
30
|
62
|
24
|
2,018
|
1,643
|
399
|
322
|
731
|
584
|
| 59 |
Uxbridge |
|
6
|
11
|
430
|
378
|
1
|
1
|
29
|
23
|
694
|
539
|
90
|
63
|
246
|
232
|
| 60 |
Waltham |
|
0
|
0
|
816
|
801
|
8
|
8
|
303
|
292
|
7,086
|
6,870
|
286
|
128
|
397
|
377
|
| 61 |
Ware |
|
2
|
2
|
142
|
128
|
13
|
5
|
108
|
109
|
476
|
522
|
59
|
70
|
232
|
186
|
| 62 |
Wareham |
|
41
|
39
|
562
|
461
|
26
|
25
|
173
|
135
|
1,843
|
2,164
|
256
|
131
|
541
|
555
|
| 63 |
West
Roxbury |
|
36
|
7
|
614
|
471
|
18
|
1
|
248
|
262
|
1,736
|
526
|
608
|
1,159
|
873
|
815
|
| 64 |
Westborough |
|
10
|
21
|
732
|
799
|
20
|
22
|
70
|
72
|
1,260
|
724
|
160
|
36
|
178
|
131
|
| 65 |
Westfield |
|
6
|
6
|
294
|
273
|
9
|
8
|
77
|
82
|
787
|
402
|
142
|
46
|
308
|
275
|
| 66 |
Winchendon |
|
1
|
4
|
61
|
51
|
2
|
2
|
31
|
17
|
261
|
226
|
32
|
5
|
117
|
118
|
| 67 |
Woburn |
|
0
|
0
|
2,952
|
2,395
|
10
|
10
|
296
|
314
|
2,385
|
2,148
|
407
|
310
|
510
|
720
|
| 68 |
Worcester |
|
58
|
68
|
2,485
|
2,766
|
54
|
2
|
71
|
0
|
4,356
|
3,193
|
714
|
1,055
|
1,035
|
544
|
| 69 |
Wrentham |
|
2
|
0
|
604
|
573
|
15
|
7
|
174
|
150
|
1,051
|
1,240
|
213
|
159
|
289
|
264
|
|
|
|
2001
TOTALS |
|
849
|
1,209
|
59,340
|
55,228
|
1,333
|
1,094
|
14,175
|
19,615
|
121,669
|
107,053
|
19,615
|
12,777
|
35,296
|
31,152
|
|
Note: District Court statistics are submitted by the clerks
of the courts. Because
they are collected manually, the reliability of some statistics
(particularly dispositions) may vary. |
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