08/29/01 United States Bankruptcy Court District of Vermont Original Chapter Filings - Case Count Report Quantity of Cases filed between 01/01/1996 and 12/31/1996 ----------------------------------------------------- Chapter 7 Business Cases 96 Consumer Cases 1,125 --------- Chapter Total 1,221 ============================================================================== Chapter 11 Business Cases 23 Consumer Cases 4 --------- Chapter Total 27 ============================================================================== Chapter 12 Business Cases * 6 --------- Chapter Total 6 ============================================================================== Chapter 13 Business Cases 17 Consumer Cases 88 --------- Chapter Total 105 ============================================================================== Grand Total 1,359 *There are no consumer cases for Chapter 12. Chapter 12 is solely available to family farmers. By our definition, a family farmer operates a business as opposed to being solely a consumer.