District Court Department
Fiscal Year 2002 Statistics
Civil Filings and Dispositions - By Court

>>Get this report as a Printable PDF

Civil Filings and Dispositions - Fiscal Year 2002 - By Court   Court CIVIL REMANDS REGULAR CIVIL OTHER CIVIL SUMMARY PROCESS SMALL CLAIMS SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESS ABUSE PREVENTION (209A) Filed Disposed Filed Disposed Filed Disposed Filed Disposed Filed Disposed Filed Disposed Filed Disposed      1 Attleboro   3 10 764 701 6 6 162 146 1,682 1,461 261 139 672 672 2 Ayer   0 0 349 210 10 7 89 85 1,086 1,003 126 90 341 309 3 Barnstable   11 7 934 805 0 0 265 295 2,916 2,780 280 162 343 329 4 Brighton   15 17 312 244 112 35 79 84 646 682 145 179 172 172 5 Brockton   149 143 2,476 1,555 1 1 222 182 4,226 3,292 664 436 1,137 1,135 6 Brookline   1 0 271 161 2 2 133 85 752 560 74 50 90 70 7 Cambridge   0 4 3,069 3,002 25 17 785 752 3,229 3,137 358 281 448 551 8 Charlestown   4 3 111 50 0 0 29 31 178 175 45 11 110 99 9 Chelsea   33 28 834 352 14 6 602 410 1,461 1,252 395 429 930 827 10 Chicopee   1 0 849 539 11 22 47 13 1,237 960 181 46 435 480 11 Clinton   3 16 377 329 6 5 39 28 609 945 89 216 174 174 12 Concord   0 0 449 469 17 16 77 80 1,239 1,147 167 35 171 171 13 Dedham   0 0 1,113 1,258 18 28 218 162 2,001 1,438 224 372 214 280 14 Dorchester   47 9 1,174 541 0 3 423 395 2,829 2,100 1,262 311 1,473 951 15 Dudley   0 1 745 719 0 0 5 5 2,172 1,960 252 121 663 599 16 East Boston   22 4 367 333 11 5 207 181 1,045 910 218 88 419 250 17 East Brookfield   3 6 367 328 15 14 1 4 976 700 118 62 302 215 18 Edgartown   0 0 114 139 19 18 18 19 856 1,091 43 42 116 106 19 Fall River   18 99 1,396 1,307 0 0 90 38 4,295 4,475 478 235 1,020 837 20 Falmouth   2 6 433 409 37 32 142 131 1,864 1,431 185 111 388 408 21 Fitchburg   6 22 484 482 15 10 6 3 1,210 1,214 170 64 410 542 22 Framingham   0 0 1,234 1,105 0 0 573 424 2,694 2,782 370 92 472 437 23 Gardner   1 11 308 150 17 12 0 0 783 515 108 54 302 302 24 Gloucester   2 3 261 311 14 18 80 94 751 593 113 116 281 121 25 Greenfield   0 8 321 353 2 17 118 116 1,033 921 150 78 315 315 26 Haverhill   0 7 716 445 0 0 154 104 1,287 446 191 125 750 750 27 Hingham   35 37 686 613 41 34 104 81 1,697 1,504 258 81 408 353 28 Holyoke   0 0 312 140 65 47 211 196 948 680 95 48 546 454 29 Ipswich   0 2 122 99 5 6 25 30 321 317 46 21 120 116 30 Lawrence   4 5 1,778 1,162 29 4 247 210 2,876 2,123 367 314 1,313 1,222 31 Leominster   0 3 399 489 14 14 79 131 1,754 1,859 123 110 275 279 32 Lowell   1 4 2,257 1,629 46 38 536 587 4,229 2,971 689 680 1,708 1,647 33 Lynn   4 2 2,131 1,838 45 32 444 478 2,773 2,286 583 163 1,497 815 34 Malden   0 0 1,345 946 0 0 573 366 2,550 1,687 515 247 878 755 35 Marlborough   0 0 444 385 22 16 192 182 1,358 1,062 137 68 234 227 36 Milford   2 5 491 457 0 0 573 366 2,550 1,687 515 247 878 755 37 Nantucket   2 1 101 89 1 1 24 24 288 265 16 5 53 48 38 Natick   0 0 264 260 7 3 42 40 646 369 84 35 92 72 39 New Bedford   6 35 1,437 1,238 47 39 105 93 5,865 5,511 509 183 1,240 1,209 40 Newburyport   1 3 385 1 27 21 87 84 927 969 159 134 355 344 41 Newton   0 0 264 260 7 3 42 40 646 369 84 35 92 72 42 No. Berkshire   0 0 262 309 8 9 218 197 847 650 84 74 379 367 43 Northampton   4 1 618 630 14 6 148 326 1,908 1,418 315 93 405 380 44 Orange   0 0 154 154 0 0 98 98 919 353 58 6 215 188 45 Orleans   4 4 415 281 53 113 128 137 1,731 1,559 154 96 335 108 46 Palmer   1 0 326 378 14 16 69 65 1,057 1,226 161 248 305 308 47 Peabody   5 21 591 335 14 11 109 119 1,615 1,684 177 226 305 171 48 Pittsfield   0 1 552 524 20 18 369 269 2,486 2,167 212 118 450 198 49 Plymouth   44 66 942 718 4 9 80 65 2,853 3,431 357 366 508 520 50 Quincy   0 0 2,482 2,247 76 59 1,001 1,068 7,282 6,340 859 549 1,130 1,095 51 Roxbury   43 5 460 222 0 0 101 66 725 692 417 346 896 1,039 52 Salem   11 51 1,354 1,561 7 17 263 258 2,184 1,151 343 140 623 656 53 So. Berkshire   0 1 159 216 5 4 39 44 671 583 53 18 125 110 54 Somerville   0 0 2,111 2,344 71 71 428 435 3,841 4,335 355 183 618 551 55 South Boston   5 2 245 129 3 0 67 55 370 359 155 110 330 103 56 Springfield   19 18 3,294 2,973 25 10 195 183 6,713 4,390 897 28 1,555 1,555 57 Stoughton   0 0 663 618 20 5 112 118 1,517 1,302 181 71 176 177 58 Taunton   9 8 1,218 1,231 18 5 59 26 2,025 1,910 417 664 863 1,058 59 Uxbridge   0 9 449 380 1 0 4 10 806 687 132 61 260 240 60 Waltham   0 0 785 679 17 9 206 200 3,638 5,794 233 140 413 365 61 Ware   0 2 157 147 0 1 76 75 610 517 54 30 188 189 62 Wareham   35 38 591 452 19 17 139 148 2,026 2,270 286 137 561 564 63 West Roxbury   54 14 735 249 10 0 403 124 1,876 995 502 280 954 733 64 Westborough   6 13 836 793 6 6 45 47 1,660 686 179 24 154 114 65 Westfield   2 2 351 330 11 16 65 77 1,064 424 130 71 298 235 66 Winchendon   0 0 72 65 0 2 28 26 344 319 32 10 121 112 67 Woburn   0 0 1,409 2,574 8 8 297 325 2,315 2,598 364 304 557 546 68 Worcester   26 48 2,508 2,916 56 5 29 5 5,753 3,478 804 1,145 881 533 69 Wrentham   0 0 756 599 15 3 198 133 1,401 1,242 271 225 292 249    2002 TOTALS   644 805 58,867 53,625 1,196 949 12,365 11,137 131,437 113,871 18,665 12,060 35,172 31,424   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.