District Court Department
Fiscal Year 2006 Statistics
Civil Filings and Dispositions- By Court

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District Court Department - Civil Filings - Fiscal Year 2006 - By Court     DISTRICT CT FILINGS CIVIL REMANDS OTHER CIVIL SUMMARY PROCESS SMALL CLAIMS SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESS ABUSE PREVENTION (209A) MENTAL HEALTH Court Filed Filed Filed Filed Filed Filed Filed Filed 1 Attleboro 874 0 1 151 1,694 272 594 125 2 Ayer 471 0 0 66 1,047 205 225 60 3 Barnstable 986 0 0 290 2,577 287 350 189 4 Brockton 2,659 0 0 219 4,170 867 930 1237 5 Brookline 268 0 3 122 587 83 68 69 6 Cambridge 1,475 0 21 696 2,228 359 308 427 7 Chelsea 1,022 0 1 466 2,175 506 848 147 8 Chicopee 855 1 1 31 946 237 381 34 9 Clinton 617 2 0 37 595 129 173 85 10 Concord 518 0 11 88 1,010 149 166 75 11 Dedham 1,360 0 7 196 2,259 318 223 224 12 Dudley 872 0 2 8 2,204 284 509 118 13 E. Hampshire 459 0 2 54 1,092 207 304 54 14 East Brookfield 487 1 2 3 1,169 199 312 41 15 Edgartown 126 0 17 20 889 29 87 4 16 Fall River 1,543 0 0 65 3,135 590 981 423 17 Falmouth 555 0 29 201 1,442 258 367 118 18 Fitchburg 740 1 2 4 1,044 202 337 128 19 Framingham 1,195 0 4 640 2,142 398 358 80 20 Gardner 294 1 0 1 709 131 182 117 21 Gloucester 376 0 0 94 655 162 166 40 22 Greenfield 430 0 0 49 902 145 238 133 23 Haverhill 746 0 1 172 1,476 331 573 105 24 Hingham 855 0 12 100 1,676 310 397 95 25 Holyoke 372 0 0 103 972 178 477 253 26 Ipswich 127 0 1 14 315 64 88 14 27 Lawrence 2,047 0 29 219 3,061 670 1,046 168 28 Leominster 556 0 3 92 1,477 174 312 73 29 Lowell 2,599 0 64 532 3,994 956 1,394 195 30 Lynn 1,897 0 4 403 3,323 736 1,230 115 31 Malden 1,778 0 0 630 2,945 743 566 128 32 Marlborough 509 0 0 13 1,063 212 229 35 33 Milford 608 0 6 67 900 214 252 33 34 Nantucket 108 0 11 26 197 28 57 2 35 Natick 254 0 0 63 815 78 87 47 36 New Bedford 1,688 0 18 73 5,464 653 1,013 398 37 Newburyport 476 0 4 82 1,084 262 298 72 38 Newton 514 0 3 88 823 182 141 92 39 No. Berkshire 328 0 4 145 802 107 293 34 40 Northampton 543 0 0 90 967 192 253 238 41 Orange 241 0 0 65 906 131 176 35 42 Orleans 488 1 22 165 1,447 185 271 66 43 Palmer 565 0 10 40 1,309 270 364 54 44 Peabody 997 0 3 122 1,431 176 259 70 45 Pittsfield 648 0 30 361 1,761 257 513 223 46 Plymouth 1,154 0 0 133 2,705 429 415 330 47 Quincy 3,133 0 15 1,124 5,645 1,123 1,042 828 48 Salem 1,476 0 0 218 2,237 459 579 55 49 So. Berkshire 186 0 1 53 621 60 125 15 50 Somerville 1,245 0 4 290 2,851 538 566 185 51 Springfield 3,206 0 6 110 5,768 1,167 1,424 120 52 Stoughton 738 0 3 164 1,405 242 184 58 53 Taunton 1,234 0 1 55 2,268 495 749 333 54 Uxbridge 513 0 0 5 809 121 213 23 55 Waltham 856 0 7 305 1,664 313 350 42 56 Wareham 753 0 13 113 1,859 341 462 151 57 Westborough 594 0 0 48 1,260 217 161 118 58 Westfield 593 0 1 134 1,275 222 411 73 59 Winchendon 160 0 0 6 435 78 146 15 60 Woburn 1,543 0 0 398 2,205 475 533 142 61 Worcester 2,820 4 55 49 5,182 838 889 424 62 Wrentham 869 0 3 223 1,595 317 257 132   2006 TOTALS 58,199 11 437 10,594 112,663 20,561 26,902 9,517 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 may vary.