Section 21-0709. Jurisdiction of courts  


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  • 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.