Housing
Court Department
Fiscal Year2012Statistics
Additional Departmental Statistics
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Percent of Self-Represented Litigants in Cases Disposed in FY 12*
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BOSTON |
NORTHEAST |
SOUTHEAST |
WESTERN |
WORCESTER |
TOTALS |
| Plaintiffs |
8894 |
6907 |
9954 |
10224 |
7857 |
43836 |
| Self-Represented |
31.4% |
51.5% |
62.4% |
60.5% |
49.7% |
51.7% |
| Represented |
68.6% |
48.5% |
37.6% |
39.5% |
50.3% |
48.3% |
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| Defendants |
8159 |
8768 |
12109 |
11857 |
10290 |
51183 |
| Self-Represented |
88.4% |
92.4% |
93.8% |
91.1% |
96.2% |
92.6% |
| Represented |
11.6% |
7.6% |
6.2% |
8.9% |
3.8% |
7.4% |
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| All Litigants |
17053 |
15675 |
22063 |
22081 |
18147 |
95019 |
| Self-Represented |
58.6% |
74.4% |
79.6% |
76.9% |
76.0% |
73.7% |
| Represented |
41.4% |
25.6% |
20.4% |
23.1% |
24.0% |
26.3% |
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Percent of Self-Represented Litigants in Summary Process Cases Disposed in FY 12*
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BOSTON |
NORTHEAST |
SOUTHEAST |
WESTERN |
WORCESTER |
TOTALS |
| Plaintiffs |
5339 |
5254 |
6630 |
6023 |
5701 |
28947 |
| Self-Represented |
21.0% |
40.0% |
49.2% |
49.4% |
46.0% |
41.7% |
| Represented |
79.0% |
60.0% |
50.8% |
50.6% |
54.0% |
58.3% |
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| Defendants |
6499 |
7064 |
8517 |
7006 |
7753 |
36839 |
| Self-Represented |
93.3% |
93.7% |
93.9% |
93.7% |
96.8% |
94.3% |
| Represented |
6.7% |
6.3% |
6.1% |
6.3% |
3.2% |
5.7% |
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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 12.
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