District Court Department
Fiscal Year 2004 Statistics
Civil Filings and Dispositions- By Court

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Civil Filings and Dispositions - Fiscal Year 2004 - By Court  Court  DISTRICT CT. FILINGS CIVIL REMANDS OTHER CIVIL SUMMARY PROCESS SMALL CLAIMS SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESS ABUSE PREVENTION (209A) MENTAL HEALTH Filed Disp. Filed Disp. Filed Disp. Filed Disp. Filed Disp. Filed Disp. Filed Disp. Filed Disp. 1 Attleboro   723 674 0 1 0 0 114 117 1,755 1,698 288 141 638 638 135 135 2 Ayer   393 231 0 0 3 3 76 47 1,092 1,098 173 90 364 365 78 77 3 Barnstable   1,950 871 0 1 0 0 511 340 2,430 2,868 279 133 289 298 167 159 4 Brockton   2,309 2,368 13 8 16 24 199 143 3,968 4,247 705 506 883 907 1053 1040 5 Brookline   270 202 0 0 27 28 160 113 733 750 88 36 60 69 37 35 6 Cambridge   1,277 1,929 0 0 17 20 707 663 2,880 2,557 301 216 308 290 437 356 7 Chelsea   943 670 0 0 69 33 494 452 3,003 1,559 343 143 787 759 81 12 8 Chicopee   790 355 0 0 3 5 36 10 1,185 1,462 168 78 367 248 11 12 9 Clinton   725 433 8 6 2 4 29 33 626 135 115 7 159 159 44 43 10 Concord   462 383 0 0 17 15 58 40 1,130 1,082 148 148 143 143 51 51 11 Dedham   1,087 944 0 0 23 30 178 149 1,998 1,559 244 241 255 390 205 50 12 Dudley   716 766 15 5 1 0 9 1 2,398 2,611 264 179 609 541 95 95 13 E. Hampshire   320 211 0 0 3 3 71 66 1,228 916 183 73 267 272 38 37 14 East Brookfield   399 391 10 8 3 3 5 4 1,216 1,223 161 118 275 149 19 19 15 Edgartown   126 117 0 0 26 26 11 18 599 733 31 28 94 89 15 15 16 Fall River   1,280 981 0 0 0 0 55 14 3,149 3,982 273 183 964 743 405 392 17 Falmouth   384 351 0 5 43 42 154 141 1,618 1,662 198 140 289 316 151 137 18 Fitchburg   471 495 11 5 7 6 7 8 1,109 1,304 142 154 420 449 102 90 19 Framingham   1,057 1,078 0 0 0 0 622 556 2,181 2,017 342 95 420 449 54 54 20 Gardner   284 198 5 0 5 3 0 0 533 417 104 56 259 216 134 136 21 Gloucester   293 234 0 0 0 0 53 44 681 599 138 155 227 127 23 22 22 Greenfield   374 275 0 0 0 3 80 82 933 1,069 140 76 254 254 91 91 23 Haverhill   794 678 0 0 0 0 149 161 1,362 466 247 134 649 649 131 131 24 Hingham   635 597 14 19 20 20 111 97 1,614 1,616 243 117 397 372 77 84 25 Holyoke   394 75 0 0 3 3 83 75 1,042 402 108 36 512 402 36 36 26 Ipswich   134 115 0 0 3 3 5 6 376 364 38 21 116 110 25 25 27 Lawrence   1,438 1,529 0 0 31 30 151 169 2,871 2,553 597 242 1,072 1,058 169 162 28 Leominster   388 327 9 2 10 10 70 69 1,879 2,262 150 125 268 268 48 48 29 Lowell   1,925 2,361 0 0 46 51 445 450 3,978 3,337 886 679 1,577 1,820 218 218 30 Lynn   1,511 1,327 0 0 48 2 392 362 2,715 2,612 569 107 1,284 1,139 112 53 31 Malden   1,378 969 0 0 0 0 551 442 2,842 2,079 523 278 720 762 98 98 32 Marlborough   453 357 0 0 3 3 141 133 1,018 642 146 104 254 238 30 28 33 Milford   507 492 2 0 1 1 60 38 983 1,511 148 134 261 230 39 39 34 Nantucket   88 108 0 0 20 21 16 10 286 286 16 9 59 59 1 1 35 Natick   218 176 0 0 0 0 41 30 787 760 76 49 96 86 32 28 36 New Bedford   1,431 1,321 0 6 35 19 53 52 6,057 6,146 580 328 1,054 1,045 378 353 37 Newburyport   386 298 0 0 25 26 74 66 944 949 136 139 320 270 82 66 38 Newton   490 1,106 0 0 0 0 71 66 732 786 153 81 126 108 70 68 39 No. Berkshire   246 245 0 0 2 2 155 172 817 706 104 104 317 317 31 37 40 Northampton   522 513 0 1 0 2 97 106 1,071 1,471 131 138 204 204 166 181 41 Orange   183 177 0 0 0 2 71 87 828 889 96 96 217 127 45 46 42 Orleans   380 499 0 0 57 57 165 146 1,731 2,038 177 167 306 221 47 42 43 Palmer   260 270 1 2 8 9 40 42 1,092 388 14 103 290 289 44 26 44 Peabody   648 403 0 0 8 7 96 54 1,383 1,182 162 96 280 248 38 37 45 Pittsfield   638 645 0 0 2 0 302 314 1,955 2,270 184 135 459 382 175 169 46 Plymouth   1,129 943 31 17 1 5 96 95 2,122 2,090 377 276 442 613 213 206 47 Quincy   2,574 2,966 0 0 102 80 955 883 6,752 5,994 802 607 1,072 1,057 598 598 48 Salem   1,320 1,094 0 1 3 4 197 163 1,846 1,424 340 164 515 508 23 43 49 So. Berkshire   157 159 0 0 6 5 33 26 721 670 57 32 97 109 8 8 50 Somerville   913 1,528 0 0 34 29 321 213 4,133 3,903 416 193 547 517 77 48 51 Springfield   3,435 3,365 3 21 11 9 150 83 5,567 2,934 1,143 228 1,522 1,522 121 121 52 Stoughton   604 577 0 0 2 0 128 112 1,346 1,248 203 142 179 167 43 43 53 Taunton   1,058 1,028 0 0 4 1 49 26 2,245 1,834 387 651 809 1,023 295 264 54 Uxbridge   397 310 0 2 0 0 5 4 831 554 69 58 222 205 23 23 55 Waltham   766 734 0 0 15 15 297 209 1,469 1,626 273 130 400 302 28 26 56 Wareham   729 590 4 21 20 20 112 121 2,005 2,716 296 155 543 511 115 116 57 Westborough   813 716 16 5 2 0 35 25 1,195 1,326 165 136 192 164 106 96 58 Westfield   473 385 0 1 13 13 68 71 1,220 615 202 54 393 307 87 87 59 Winchendon   82 73 2 1 146 67 4 0 422 355 66 13 140 123 25 21 60 Woburn   1,265 1,232 0 0 0 0 345 347 2,331 2,303 419 330 509 464 117 69 61 Worcester   2,239 3,385 34 30 22 4 46 30 6,051 5,492 659 901 786 374 435 399 62 Wrentham   679 575 0 0 14 12 147 184 1,589 1,451 257 220 276 198 91 34 2004 TOTALS   50,313 48,405 178 168 982 780 9,956 8,780 116,653 107,798 16,443 10,708 27,813 26,439 7,923 7,236   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.