District Court Department
Fiscal Year 2007 Statistics
Civil Filings and Dispositions- By Court

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District Court Department - Civil Filings - Fiscal Year 2007 - By Court     Regular Civil Other Civil Summary Process Small Claims Supplementary Process Abuse Prevention (209A) Mental Health Court Filed Filed Filed Filed Filed Filed Filed 1 Attleboro 1,150 25 198 1,657 408 700 166 2 Ayer 680 12 76 928 226 290 58 3 Barnstable 1,508 1 342 2,613 378 371 161 4 Brockton 3,058 36 288 3,839 1,004 887 1113 5 Brookline 370 0 150 572 74 111 99 6 Cambridge 1,788 24 778 2,146 435 361 340 7 Chelsea 1,254 20 534 1,865 512 807 135 8 Chicopee 991 3 41 1,022 300 382 40 9 Clinton 602 8 39 618 135 181 82 10 Concord 587 13 109 967 201 160 73 11 Dedham 1,682 8 210 1,909 376 248 202 12 Dudley 955 9 4 2,295 311 550 128 13 E. Hampshire 640 2 5 1,266 233 297 35 14 East Brookfield 532 9 65 964 215 314 69 15 Edgartown 143 19 25 665 24 96 6 16 Fall River 1,898 19 112 3,229 726 1,030 436 17 Falmouth 603 26 206 1,524 297 315 106 18 Fitchburg 770 16 3 1,146 237 306 117 19 Framingham 1,433 4 700 1,753 448 401 56 20 Gardner 374 4 7 590 138 201 118 21 Gloucester 493 4 98 596 187 187 50 22 Greenfield 569 4 53 875 204 261 139 23 Haverhill 1,078 15 187 1,424 331 631 79 24 Hingham 1,000 34 107 1,736 334 359 101 25 Holyoke 495 2 113 1,011 195 433 335 26 Ipswich 208 9 24 333 75 92 14 27 Lawrence 2,076 46 300 2,922 753 1,138 183 28 Leominster 534 10 62 1,341 239 289 63 29 Lowell 2,902 59 570 3,565 1,041 1,224 197 30 Lynn 2,179 5 543 3,086 865 1,232 173 31 Malden 2,035 24 746 3,068 820 627 159 32 Marlborough 623 8 11 1,078 227 241 22 33 Milford 790 10 53 840 238 293 29 34 Nantucket 130 1 18 230 29 72 2 35 Natick 312 1 50 590 84 87 52 36 New Bedford 1,915 34 121 5,032 716 955 429 37 Newburyport 659 15 80 1,023 204 306 85 38 Newton 576 6 92 934 171 130 105 39 No. Berkshire 400 12 149 798 124 314 40 40 Northampton 617 6 91 946 162 210 213 41 Orange 315 0 62 801 111 170 36 42 Orleans 537 17 177 1,465 234 305 73 43 Palmer 687 7 48 1,334 265 343 50 44 Peabody 880 6 136 1,298 283 250 48 45 Pittsfield 783 23 400 1,629 267 515 205 46 Plymouth 1,516 21 158 2,141 524 392 338 47 Quincy 3,226 68 1,140 5,347 1,316 996 852 48 Salem 1,706 28 223 2,085 497 579 98 49 So. Berkshire 215 0 39 595 81 96 13 50 Somerville 1,453 6 384 2,356 642 543 175 51 Springfield 3,703 80 153 5,842 1,335 1,382 241 52 Stoughton 847 11 154 1,607 280 183 61 53 Taunton 1,677 24 101 2,489 480 735 274 54 Uxbridge 510 8 6 885 175 242 38 55 Waltham 1,125 11 330 1,423 364 333 50 56 Wareham 922 24 158 1,683 378 532 180 57 Westborough 1,001 6 49 1,573 209 243 78 58 Westfield 736 15 70 1,304 367 416 56 59 Winchendon 207 5 13 484 106 163 24 60 Woburn 1,848 24 443 2,255 572 519 126 61 Worcester 3,458 46 37 4,701 875 797 378 62 Wrentham 1,039 16 239 1,515 362 281 143 2007 TOTALS 69,000 1,009 11,880 107,808 23,400 27,104 9,547