01/07/02
                          United States Bankruptcy Court
                                District of Vermont

                   Original Chapter Filings - Case Count Report

             Quantity of Cases filed between 01/01/2001 and 12/31/2001
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  Chapter         7  Business Cases                    67
                     Consumer Cases                 1,477
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                                    Chapter Total   1,544
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  Chapter        11  Business Cases                     5
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                                    Chapter Total       5
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  Chapter        13  Business Cases                    22
                     Consumer Cases                   155
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                                    Chapter Total     177
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                                      Grand Total   1,726

  *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.