District Court Department
Fiscal Year 2008 Statistics
Civil Filings By Court

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District Court Department - Civil Filings - Fiscal Year 2008 - By Court   Regular Civil Small Claims Summary Process Supplem. Process Abuse Prevention Mental Health CMVI Appeals Subtotal Civil Court                 1 Attleboro 1,378 1,633 205 476 618 195 186 4,691 2 Ayer 739 1,002 65 293 297 69 210 2,675 3 Barnstable 1,653 2,441 418 510 368 143 127 5,660 4 Brockton 3,476 3,636 317 1,243 971 697 674 11,014 5 Brookline 370 490 157 110 68 117 640 1,952 6 Cambridge 1,739 1,951 855 501 356 438 874 6,714 7 Chelsea 1,449 2,222 697 712 749 108 413 6,350 8 Chicopee 922 965 61 376 380 34 61 2,799 9 Clinton 555 650 47 216 203 124 270 2,065 10 Concord 669 852 113 206 175 69 676 2,760 11 Dedham 1,656 1,635 282 445 262 208 492 4,980 12 Dudley 1,177 2,366 9 440 566 136 652 5,346 13 East Brookfield 744 1210 5 313 274 32 201 2,779 14 East Hampshire 629 982 63 246 347 44 254 2,565 15 Edgartown 110 578 33 46 88 0 5 860 16 Fall River 2,435 3,469 114 926 1,091 359 298 8,692 17 Falmouth 754 1,487 223 379 348 124 54 3,369 18 Fitchburg 845 1,115 7 334 347 133 131 2,912 19 Framingham 1,792 1,719 776 527 405 33 776 6,028 20 Gardner 380 651 3 171 224 141 131 1,701 21 Gloucester 516 670 83 201 179 22 10 1,681 22 Greenfield 610 896 56 274 226 108 241 2,411 23 Haverhill 1,143 1,389 168 464 631 75 365 4,235 24 Hingham 1,139 1466 121 379 360 105 237 3,807 25 Holyoke 525 978 122 232 447 369 90 2,763 26 Ipswich 214 311 13 111 95 14 60 818 27 Lawrence 2,541 2,614 435 980 1,110 149 461 8,290 28 Leominster 725 1,526 46 270 284 68 179 3,098 29 Lowell 3,704 4,217 684 1,609 1,350 258 1785 13,607 30 Lynn 2,581 3,141 476 995 1,113 169 693 9,168 31 Malden 2,468 3,004 885 911 644 220 401 8,533 32 Marlborough 840 1,012 27 240 218 19 147 2,503 33 Milford 883 1,055 64 310 249 51 316 2,928 34 Nantucket 133 257 14 29 58 3 10 504 35 Natick 376 647 61 126 95 41 92 1,438 36 New Bedford 2,276 5,242 142 832 1,128 403 199 10,222 37 Newburyport 770 1,000 66 264 340 65 371 2,876 38 Newton 671 862 82 208 149 60 271 2,303 39 No. Berkshire 439 755 112 193 285 44 80 1,908 40 Northampton 712 890 137 258 251 205 191 2,644 41 Orange 341 839 47 140 178 33 194 1,772 42 Orleans 633 1,364 206 300 238 43 104 2,888 43 Palmer 834 1,503 66 312 323 43 202 3,283 44 Peabody 893 1,115 138 322 313 42 498 3,321 45 Pittsfield 835 1,717 405 349 452 179 202 4,139 46 Plymouth 1,969 1,894 136 739 386 285 151 5,560 47 Quincy 3,922 5,139 1,368 1,624 1,113 824 927 14,917 48 Salem 1,877 1,913 226 633 583 108 364 5,704 49 So. Berkshire 226 546 33 86 113 28 83 1,115 50 Somerville 1,684 2,240 458 516 525 146 583 6,152 51 Springfield 4,160 5,499 409 1,480 1,482 346 426 13,802 52 Stoughton 1,086 1,472 215 339 148 70 291 3,621 53 Taunton 1,944 2,232 90 639 733 246 318 6,202 54 Uxbridge 634 825 3 227 226 45 132 2,092 55 Waltham 1,053 1,434 332 406 301 68 386 3,980 56 Wareham 1,196 1,563 120 525 412 138 110 4,064 57 Westborough 967 1,621 36 323 187 128 611 3,873 58 Westfield 929 1,299 89 426 424 62 501 3,730 59 Winchendon 289 471 6 120 153 13 105 1,157 60 Woburn 1,998 2,051 464 692 461 107 585 6,358 61 Worcester 3,881 4,777 42 1,158 697 306 1741 12,602 62 Wrentham 1,244 1,648 240 481 279 88 75 4,055 2008 TOTALS 79,333 106,148 13,373 29,193 27,076 9,000 21,913 286,036