Matter of Universal Lunches, Inc.

DECISION AND ORDER ON APPLICATION OF TRUSTEE TO HOLD RICHARD JEDWAB IN CONTEMPT OF COURT, ETC.

PRELIMINARY STATEMENT

JOSEPH V. COSTA, Bankruptcy Judge.

This Court is presented with the issue as to whether a person designated to file schedules and statement of affairs, as required under the Bankruptcy Act, may refuse to do so on the ground of self-incrimination, based upon a personal fear of self-incrimination without proof of a real and substantial hazard of self-incrimination.

An involuntary petition in bankruptcy was filed against the bankrupt, Universal Lunches, Inc. (Universal) on June 12,…