Jurisdiction of courts

§ 21-0709. Jurisdiction of courts.

Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the phrase "court of competent jurisdiction" as used in the compact shall, with reference to this state, mean the supreme court, and said court is hereby given all necessary and appropriate jurisdiction to hear and determine any action or proceeding brought before it pursuant to appropriate provisions of the compact. As used in subdivision six of section ten of article ten of the compact, the phrase "court of competent jurisdiction" shall mean a court in which an appropriate proceeding under article seventy-eight of the Civil Practice Law and Rules may be brought. As used in item one of paragraph (a) of subdivision one of section fourteen of article fourteen of the compact, the phrase "court of competent jurisdiction" shall mean any court of this state in which an action or proceeding of the class brought by the Delaware river basin commission may be heard and determined.