08/29/01 United States Bankruptcy Court District of Vermont Original Chapter Filings - Case Count Report Quantity of Cases filed between 01/01/1997 and 12/31/1997 ----------------------------------------------------- Chapter 7 Business Cases 106 Consumer Cases 1,636 --------- Chapter Total 1,742 ============================================================================== Chapter 11 Business Cases 25 Consumer Cases 1 --------- Chapter Total 26 ============================================================================== Chapter 12 Business Cases * 7 --------- Chapter Total 7 ============================================================================== Chapter 13 Business Cases 25 Consumer Cases 99 --------- Chapter Total 124 ============================================================================== Grand Total 1,899 *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.