District Court Department
Fiscal Year 2003 Statistics
Civil Filings and Dispositions- By Court

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Civil Filings and Dispositions - Fiscal Year 2003 - By Court   Court  DISTRICT CT. FILINGS CIVIL REMANDS OTHER CIVIL SUMMARY PROCESS SMALL CLAIMS SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESS ABUSE PREVENTION (209A) MENTAL HEALTH Filed Disposed Filed Disposed Filed Disposed Filed Disposed Filed Disposed Filed Disposed Filed Disposed Filed Disposed 1 Attleboro   760 558 0 7 1 2 150 119 1,745 1,232 315 164 763 763 138 138 2 Ayer   455 222 0 0 8 13 81 58 1,138 1,044 172 89 314 296 62 62 3 Barnstable   952 596 1 6 0 0 255 237 2,824 3,103 344 220 368 325 201 171 4 Brighton   380 234 5 13 123 60 70 78 678 458 135 147 200 200 25 28 5 Brockton   2,212 1,425 58 87 0 0 223 170 4,525 2,899 761 506 947 932 902 918 6 Brookline   269 146 0 0 3 1 173 119 735 629 163 43 85 82 57 49 7 Cambridge   3,089 3,101 0 0 21 17 804 790 3,346 3,035 353 315 394 385 442 381 8 Charlestown   130 41 2 2 1 0 24 19 216 209 37 16 100 127 34 34 9 Chelsea   1,010 480 44 15 16 16 483 436 2,015 1,558 400 484 931 889 63 63 10 Chicopee   848 615 3 0 8 20 54 15 1,356 1,050 206 99 379 370 8 8 11 Clinton   553 347 7 4 2 1 39 36 746 272 105 74 142 142 46 46 12 Concord   459 375 0 0 11 11 111 91 1,333 1,067 124 59 202 202 46 46 13 Dedham   1,046 841 0 0 6 4 177 138 2,090 1,745 290 143 234 228 287 191 14 Dorchester   1,534 516 28 0 67 65 334 311 2,495 2,219 1,151 525 1,264 788 110 110 15 Dudley   851 662 10 3 1 1 5 4 2,471 2,101 246 178 614 507 80 80 16 East Boston   380 283 9 7 8 4 160 155 1,194 970 253 67 425 324 43 29 17 East Brookfield   412 354 12 5 12 16 3 2 1,016 1,114 137 100 307 159 41 41 18 Edgartown   159 151 0 0 19 20 15 14 1,114 889 43 32 111 94 18 18 19 Fall River   1,362 1,032 0 14 0 0 69 27 3,692 3,789 400 192 948 702 308 279 20 Falmouth   395 442 2 9 34 29 158 161 1,733 1,708 253 157 329 349 129 109 21 Fitchburg   495 489 0 0 10 8 9 14 1,604 1,324 179 161 420 444 96 72 22 Framingham   1,202 1,372 0 0 118 156 525 527 2,535 2,372 428 121 420 444 43 43 23 Gardner   341 156 2 8 17 17 2 2 883 637 121 82 278 296 155 153 24 Gloucester   312 196 0 1 5 2 54 55 744 606 115 119 203 116 44 44 25 Greenfield   390 181 0 0 1 0 106 79 1,093 730 158 95 277 277 116 116 26 Haverhill   734 534 0 0 0 0 137 123 1,455 472 330 133 695 695 109 109 27 Hingham   773 598 19 32 35 24 100 84 1,864 1,541 239 115 434 383 76 72 28 Holyoke   335 144 0 0 14 5 130 111 2,372 751 112 36 562 446 32 32 29 Ipswich   151 106 0 0 7 6 26 26 355 323 44 30 121 121 24 24 30 Lawrence   1,659 1,347 0 0 21 10 175 161 3,155 1,807 470 283 992 1,081 115 126 31 Leominster   430 206 4 0 9 6 64 73 2,062 2,052 155 145 258 258 42 42 32 Lowell   2,172 1,107 1 0 50 37 484 465 4,405 2,605 737 742 1,664 1,748 200 200 33 Lynn   1,670 853 0 2 35 2 429 494 3,700 2,526 695 96 1,334 968 120 51 34 Malden   1,481 770 0 0 0 0 572 209 2,939 1,894 497 237 824 872 73 74 35 Marlborough   412 425 0 0 13 14 203 199 1,583 1,396 211 78 251 235 26 24 36 Milford   520 543 3 4 0 0 64 63 1,065 894 196 93 286 201 31 31 37 Nantucket   96 108 0 1 4 4 20 16 275 216 22 11 40 40 1 1 38 Natick   229 363 0 0 2 2 41 36 737 650 84 57 91 73 13 13 39 New Bedford   1,634 1,460 4 13 36 28 63 54 6,477 5,737 601 364 1,198 1,175 252 239 40 Newburyport   407 314 0 1 22 19 93 83 1,069 751 200 182 352 307 51 37 41 Newton   1,712 2,011 0 0 0 0 60 37 897 621 144 121 125 105 56 56 42 No. Berkshire   263 227 0 0 10 10 238 216 1,028 856 113 121 335 335 223 221 43 Northampton   714 575 2 5 16 16 140 146 2,021 1,914 254 148 367 367 60 57 44 Orange   171 137 0 0 1 1 83 97 925 857 86 59 186 181 43 38 45 Orleans   381 376 1 3 35 35 147 143 2,166 1,658 144 101 278 153 83 76 46 Palmer   429 378 2 1 7 6 52 64 1,224 1,147 157 141 261 255 43 21 47 Peabody   610 344 0 2 9 7 102 96 1,819 1,559 180 234 300 205 41 22 48 Pittsfield   627 566 0 0 4 4 356 305 2,367 2,077 202 135 458 348 159 152 49 Plymouth   1,038 1,281 33 59 4 7 79 76 2,309 2,747 379 323 427 607 164 160 50 Quincy   2,711 2,668 0 0 69 49 972 999 8,320 7,412 946 820 1,148 1,129 506 506 51 Roxbury   458 238 5 0 0 0 110 25 798 707 478 286 913 713 172 187 52 Salem   1,642 1,309 0 6 4 4 233 188 1,936 947 452 170 539 604 47 44 53 So. Berkshire   142 155 0 4 0 1 30 32 592 562 57 33 133 125 106 81 54 Somerville   2,483 1,808 0 0 19 19 379 316 3,822 4,580 379 238 544 475 107 86 55 South Boston   237 146 4 0 2 3 46 38 468 351 173 125 272 232 9 7 56 Springfield   3,348 2,879 10 14 21 11 248 173 7,280 4,287 1,081 245 1,688 1,688 240 225 57 Stoughton   681 958 0 0 8 5 118 108 1,754 1,678 222 118 196 179 54 56 58 Taunton   1,115 1,213 0 10 4 3 63 40 2,336 1,480 450 684 835 1,013 283 258 59 Uxbridge   404 349 7 10 2 2 5 7 893 573 111 64 281 258 14 14 60 Waltham   868 633 0 0 11 11 247 225 1,894 1,809 277 161 360 343 27 24 61 Ware   221 148 0 0 8 7 59 64 551 542 117 99 160 159 9 9 62 Wareham   791 579 13 28 27 30 126 121 2,145 2,552 283 168 522 525 93 93 63 West Roxbury   1,020 194 39 27 0 0 213 112 3,308 491 527 411 885 885 262 129 64 Westborough   761 805 6 9 10 8 43 39 1,360 727 211 57 206 137 81 101 65 Westfield   355 353 0 1 7 8 72 75 1,054 298 162 47 279 253 35 38 66 Winchendon   128 76 1 1 19 27 15 5 367 350 48 17 103 86 11 11 67 Woburn   1,356 1,215 0 0 3 3 324 310 2,613 2,727 440 238 498 496 92 70 68 Worcester   2,526 2,798 48 27 47 47 42 39 6,579 4,725 886 928 876 513 442 416 69 Wrentham   869 679 0 3 23 12 181 256 1,708 1,501 325 221 301 194 108 54 2003 TOTALS   60,760 48,791 385 444 1,110 956 11,468 10,206 141,368 112,110 20,766 13,303 33,233 30,607 8,229 7,516   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.