District Court Department
Fiscal Year 2005 Statistics
Civil Filings and Dispositions- By Court

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Civil Filings and Dispositions - Fiscal Year 2005 - 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   843 762 0 1 0 2 126 104 1,520 1,610 266 203 724 724 143 143 2 Ayer   528 335 0 0 0 2 60 34 913 826 153 111 246 217 51 54 3 Barnstable   827 738 0 0 0 0 253 230 2,325 2,588 269 146 291 261 141 131 4 Brockton   2,263 2,004 2 2 0 0 231 206 3,888 3,235 700 518 879 863 1136 1120 5 Brookline   289 189 0 0 3 0 138 103 696 767 68 44 65 62 44 41 6 Cambridge   1,322 1,354 0 0 19 14 745 748 2,576 2,428 343 442 334 278 521 393 7 Chelsea   996 981 29 29 18 5 399 408 1,987 2,580 439 605 837 934 93 52 8 Chicopee   922 485 0 0 2 4 48 19 869 1,123 188 153 385 337 25 25 9 Clinton   662 661 5 11 1 3 34 23 580 107 87 10 150 150 45 45 10 Concord   470 449 0 0 16 21 76 75 1,004 875 119 103 148 148 63 63 11 Dedham   1,271 1,265 0 0 5 5 176 170 1,903 2,341 244 280 216 208 195 186 12 Dudley   720 736 12 3 1 0 1 0 2,353 2,207 241 170 618 561 98 98 13 E. Hampshire   377 191 0 0 1 1 65 57 992 1,022 170 66 324 300 44 42 14 East Brookfield   429 440 8 8 4 5 3 4 1,171 1,171 147 172 270 239 33 32 15 Edgartown   117 126 0 0 16 16 23 21 694 675 40 33 95 53 25 25 16 Fall River   1,380 1,205 0 4 0 0 49 30 3,056 3,098 515 131 913 623 369 326 17 Falmouth   441 394 0 1 20 21 167 157 1,491 1,521 191 89 303 310 122 115 18 Fitchburg   495 523 12 9 7 7 8 8 1,218 1,088 145 106 329 354 125 108 19 Framingham   1,045 990 0 0 5 6 556 539 2,018 2,046 396 177 329 354 64 64 20 Gardner   277 136 6 1 0 0 1 1 489 288 85 53 273 225 146 146 21 Gloucester   352 244 0 0 0 0 80 93 598 616 128 126 193 117 39 39 22 Greenfield   383 383 0 0 0 1 50 57 891 965 144 104 233 233 132 132 23 Haverhill   713 729 0 0 0 0 118 124 1,255 428 259 166 577 577 96 96 24 Hingham   713 528 2 9 16 11 111 92 1,771 1,806 230 233 363 390 97 97 25 Holyoke   365 65 0 0 4 4 114 96 722 321 119 28 508 405 33 33 26 Ipswich   108 85 0 0 1 1 11 9 328 316 32 30 101 104 20 20 27 Lawrence   1,611 1,573 0 0 14 15 136 162 2,438 3,432 585 288 1,047 1,062 114 97 28 Leominster   414 258 5 4 6 6 81 45 1,461 1,424 147 126 298 298 54 54 29 Lowell   2,153 2,224 0 0 49 43 474 482 3,847 4,143 892 767 1,448 1,523 133 133 30 Lynn   1,680 1,688 0 0 2 2 429 416 2,966 3,432 635 476 1,194 1,185 54 32 31 Malden   1,435 1,074 0 0 0 0 639 457 2,487 2,354 613 169 711 677 88 82 32 Marlborough   440 454 0 0 0 0 48 67 833 521 171 93 225 244 43 42 33 Milford   528 494 6 6 9 8 65 61 891 544 183 45 269 294 43 41 34 Nantucket   109 68 0 0 7 7 18 20 221 197 29 9 57 53 0 0 35 Natick   233 222 0 0 0 0 54 62 725 705 84 31 78 57 27 23 36 New Bedford   1,508 1,610 0 0 10 47 61 80 5,483 6,493 615 226 961 986 358 335 37 Newburyport   427 460 0 0 10 6 75 70 965 1,296 192 234 348 324 71 64 38 Newton   465 489 0 0 0 0 78 60 749 810 163 134 138 110 91 77 39 No. Berkshire   278 243 0 0 6 6 185 160 797 824 97 97 282 282 41 41 40 Northampton   547 412 0 0 0 0 107 80 880 910 126 102 264 263 164 135 41 Orange   160 183 1 1 18 12 58 49 764 720 115 26 198 120 35 28 42 Orleans   442 422 0 0 19 19 115 108 1,484 1,534 161 126 355 348 60 50 43 Palmer   621 478 0 2 7 4 37 42 1,135 1,768 149 139 323 333 53 46 44 Peabody   709 517 0 0 6 6 131 105 1,289 1,454 184 75 226 176 66 54 45 Pittsfield   665 636 0 0 4 3 312 298 1,821 2,126 264 162 552 485 185 205 46 Plymouth   1,003 971 9 20 0 0 107 100 2,217 1,630 407 249 364 382 256 246 47 Quincy   2,661 2,716 0 0 49 74 1,042 1,010 5,847 5,576 929 565 1,066 1,050 677 677 48 Salem   1,296 1,283 0 0 0 0 224 201 2,059 1,611 352 243 638 681 26 42 49 So. Berkshire   166 164 0 1 6 6 28 29 599 579 51 35 96 82 2 2 50 Somerville   1,045 863 0 0 13 13 288 354 3,550 3,847 353 167 535 437 119 88 51 Springfield   3,299 2,794 0 4 2 1 108 84 4,571 6,079 1,020 139 1,332 1,332 118 118 52 Stoughton   572 302 0 0 1 1 145 128 1,314 937 190 1,525 162 158 36 36 53 Taunton   1,136 1,231 0 0 0 0 67 53 1,896 2,362 445 512 780 969 282 267 54 Uxbridge   456 610 6 2 2 1 4 5 798 1,077 125 65 232 224 20 20 55 Waltham   810 816 0 0 11 10 273 273 1,315 1,173 302 138 351 302 31 29 56 Wareham   709 686 0 9 16 16 120 100 1,755 2,514 242 142 508 486 156 156 57 Westborough   676 893 10 6 1 1 42 17 1,209 1,500 183 105 193 159 113 116 58 Westfield   586 562 0 0 9 7 57 53 1,408 1,064 274 113 373 329 91 91 59 Winchendon   75 75 0 1 6 2 3 3 352 387 27 17 150 109 14 12 60 Woburn   1,381 1,784 0 0 0 0 343 547 2,310 5,513 435 558 472 993 111 99 61 Worcester   2,088 3,567 29 32 50 8 46 57 5,339 5,624 684 747 738 383 454 380 62 Wrentham   697 644 0 0 3 4 169 147 1,445 1,749 252 194 259 170 125 62 2005 TOTALS   51,389 49,464 142 166 475 457 9,812 9,393 106,528 113,957 17,394 13,138 26,927 26,093 8,211 7,606 Note: Statistics are submitted by clerks of the courts. Due to different methods of calculation, manual as well as automated, the reliability of some statistics, particularly dispositions, may vary. Recent database cleanup efforts may cause some previously uncounted FY04 dispositions to appear as FY05 dispositions.