Housing
Court Department
Fiscal Year2011Statistics
Additional Departmental Statistics
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Percent of Self-Represented Litigants in Cases Disposed in FY 11*
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BOSTON |
NORTHEAST |
SOUTHEAST |
WESTERN |
WORCESTER |
TOTALS |
| Plaintiffs |
11938 |
6392 |
8835 |
9472 |
7367 |
44004 |
| Self-Represented |
39.30% |
53.50% |
61.40% |
56.90% |
48.30% |
51.10% |
| Represented |
60.70% |
46.50% |
38.60% |
43.10% |
51.70% |
48.90% |
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| Defendants |
8668 |
8068 |
10746 |
11903 |
9664 |
49049 |
| Self-Represented |
86.00% |
93.20% |
94.00% |
91.40% |
96.20% |
92.30% |
| Represented |
14.00% |
6.80% |
6.00% |
8.60% |
3.80% |
7.70% |
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| All Litigants |
20606 |
14460 |
19581 |
21375 |
17031 |
93053 |
| Self-Represented |
58.90% |
75.60% |
79.30% |
76.10% |
75.50% |
72.80% |
| Represented |
41.10% |
24.40% |
20.70% |
23.90% |
24.50% |
27.20% |
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Percent of Self-Represented Litigants in Summary Process Cases Disposed in FY 11*
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BOSTON |
NORTHEAST |
SOUTHEAST |
WESTERN |
WORCESTER |
TOTALS |
| Plaintiffs |
5471 |
4840 |
6158 |
5798 |
5371 |
27638 |
| Self-Represented |
17.30% |
40.70% |
48.20% |
50.50% |
44.90% |
40.60% |
| Represented |
82.70% |
59.30% |
51.80% |
49.50% |
55.10% |
59.40% |
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| Defendants |
6227 |
6513 |
7914 |
6847 |
7201 |
34702 |
| Self-Represented |
91.90% |
93.70% |
94.50% |
94.50% |
96.90% |
94.40% |
| Represented |
8.10% |
6.30% |
5.50% |
5.50% |
3.10% |
5.60% |
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| * |
Due to anomalies in data produced by MassCourts, figures approximate but do not represent the actual number of litigants appearing in cases disposed in FY 11.
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