District Court Department
Fiscal Year 2010 Statistics
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District Court Department - Civil Filings - Fiscal Year 2010 - By Court   Regular Civil Small Claims Supplem. Process Summary Process Restraining Orders Mental Health CVMI Appeals Admin. Warrants Other Subtotal Civil Court                     1 Attleboro 1,723 1,203 816 167 695 178 136 9 0 4,927 2 Ayer 850 789 354 61 299 76 106 19 3 2,557 3 Barnstable 1,800 1,892 649 441 390 142 30 0 0 5,344 4 Brockton 3,657 2,782 1,664 159 1,177 857 526 356 0 11,178 5 Brookline 336 379 132 116 100 124 150 33 9 1,379 6 Cambridge 1,577 1,435 491 804 319 346 289 117 0 5,378 7 Chelsea 1,449 1,714 906 544 815 115 198 374 0 6,115 8 Chicopee 879 882 409 36 384 38 70 0 0 2,698 9 Clinton 585 516 274 32 211 134 209 38 3 2,002 10 Concord 717 753 326 142 218 69 364 4 4 2,597 11 Dedham 1,771 1,721 488 303 278 321 238 49 2 5,171 12 Dudley 1,262 1,547 501 4 630 113 293 0 1 4,351 13 East Brookfield 843 1,092 437 2 361 70 119 2 0 2,926 14 East Hampshire 702 667 339 50 306 33 129 28 2 2,256 15 Edgartown 148 536 33 52 101 22 2 0 13 907 16 Fall River 2,437 2,618 1,206 96 1,107 427 198 19 0 8,108 17 Falmouth 1,030 1,364 513 190 339 143 15 0 8 3,602 18 Fitchburg 794 2,361 374 6 375 122 43 0 9 4,084 19 Framingham 1,756 1,709 732 741 403 49 304 54 11 5,759 20 Gardner 473 467 227 2 237 194 106 0 0 1,706 21 Gloucester 560 572 263 55 203 39 2 20 0 1,714 22 Greenfield 582 786 321 34 349 115 137 0 0 2,324 23 Haverhill 1,398 1,287 679 191 732 102 94 250 4 4,737 24 Hingham 1,234 1,322 549 111 445 166 190 20 1 4,038 25 Holyoke 489 750 237 80 553 403 40 0 5 2,557 26 Ipswich 496 279 128 10 89 9 45 0 1 1,057 27 Lawrence 2,534 2,576 1,419 188 1,269 134 261 348 1 8,730 28 Leominster 752 1,553 370 63 294 66 91 80 1 3,270 29 Lowell 3,981 3,191 2,214 503 1,569 342 1,461 546 13 13,820 30 Lynn 2,635 2,637 1,294 535 1,214 241 302 414 3 9,275 31 Malden 2,417 2,217 1,350 767 774 235 104 763 3 8,630 32 Marlborough 942 966 413 17 236 40 93 24 6 2,737 33 Milford 965 844 436 52 273 35 173 0 2 2,780 34 Nantucket 177 250 23 24 58 7 2 0 0 541 35 Natick 319 370 166 45 85 42 56 6 0 1,089 36 New Bedford 2,219 4,207 1,129 79 1,245 475 128 408 0 9,890 37 Newburyport 819 741 393 71 351 56 148 0 3 2,582 38 Newton 693 769 253 104 157 95 237 92 8 2,408 39 No. Berkshire 368 774 183 168 297 44 12 8 1 1,855 40 Northampton 707 804 282 73 173 197 147 1 0 2,384 41 Orange 425 507 163 52 191 47 24 0 0 1,409 42 Orleans 766 1,001 376 270 265 79 71 0 21 2,849 43 Palmer 963 1,075 567 47 313 83 128 5 0 3,181 44 Peabody 942 1,052 436 157 287 39 56 153 4 3,126 45 Pittsfield 903 1,364 342 341 452 151 44 0 0 3,597 46 Plymouth 2,377 1,915 1,141 110 382 402 94 2 0 6,423 47 Quincy 3,906 4,774 1,994 1,286 1,131 953 716 239 6 15,005 48 Salem 2,105 1,816 769 306 608 118 170 328 0 6,220 49 So. Berkshire 243 493 119 40 115 13 26 0 0 1,049 50 Somerville 1,439 1,694 996 440 523 169 201 287 0 5,749 51 Springfield 3,358 4,244 1,596 183 1,864 405 260 13 0 11,923 52 Stoughton 1,049 984 467 192 171 81 276 0 0 3,220 53 Taunton 2,203 1,775 840 104 960 366 176 0 10 6,434 54 Uxbridge 761 608 291 0 266 36 72 5 0 2,039 55 Waltham 2,323 1,256 530 318 311 65 273 164 10 5,250 56 Wareham 1,272 1,383 729 147 504 164 76 0 3 4,278 57 Westborough 1,004 1,279 361 22 198 101 359 19 0 3,343 58 Westfield 921 1,015 539 74 464 97 232 0 2 3,344 59 Winchendon 350 383 183 1 179 45 89 0 0 1,230 60 Woburn 2,142 1,711 982 542 602 101 155 49 12 6,296 61 Worcester 4,192 3,580 1,631 23 896 370 638 340 0 11,670 62 Wrentham 1,424 1,217 655 236 262 100 40 0 0 3,934 2010 TOTALS 84,144 88,448 38,680 12,009 30,055 10,401 11,424 5,686 185 281,032