On March 23, 2006, Randy Quaid filed a lawsuit for $10 million plus punitive damages against Focus Features (Universal's indy unit), Del Mar Productions, James Schamus and David Linde, alleging that they had intentionally and negligently misrepresented Brokeback Mountain as being, "a low-budget, art house film with no prospect of making any money" in order to secure his professional acting services at a considerably lower rate than his typical fee. Quaid subsequently dropped the suit.