08/29/01 United States Bankruptcy Court District of Vermont Original Chapter Filings - Case Count Report Quantity of Cases filed between 01/01/1998 and 12/31/1998 ----------------------------------------------------- Chapter 7 Business Cases 45 Consumer Cases 1,729 --------- Chapter Total 1,774 ============================================================================== Chapter 11 Business Cases 16 --------- Chapter Total 16 ============================================================================== Chapter 12 Business Cases * 8 --------- Chapter Total 8 ============================================================================== Chapter 13 Business Cases 15 Consumer Cases 138 --------- Chapter Total 153 ============================================================================== Grand Total 1,951 *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.