The 1,046-page internal police document obtained by the Tribune through a Freedom of Information Act request marks the third list of so-called "repeater" officers — those with the worst record of complaints — to be released by the department since July. The disclosures come after a lengthy court battle ended when the Illinois Appellate Court ruled that complaints of Chicago police misconduct and the related investigative files, even those deemed "unfounded," were public records that must be turned over by the city. Before the decision, the city released only the outcomes of disciplinary cases in which officers were found at fault.