The Georgia Supreme Court upheld Monday a Bulloch County court ruling requiring the City of Statesboro pay the legal costs of citizens who sued the city for violating the state’s Open Meetings Act. Each of the court’s Justices concurred with the September 2010 ruling by Judge John R. Turner, which requires the city pay $4,250 in legal expenses to the plaintiff — a group of private citizens that includes Earl Dabbs, Charles Oliff, Raybon Anderson, Jody Stubbs, Ray Hendley and Ellis Wood. “This appeal involves the manner in which a superior court may enforce the provisions of the Open Records Act against a municipality,” said Justice Harold Melton, who issued the ruling.