Why I Find This Case To Be So Confusing

I recently came across Judge William Alsup's ruling in Carbon Crest, LLC v. Tencue Productions, LLC,  2022 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 66676. However, the first two sentences of the ruling left me baffled:

The description of Tencue as a limited liability company seems at odds with the characterization of Mr. Wilk as a shareholder and board member. While the law does not preclude an LLC from referring to its members as "shareholders", Judge Alsup proceeds to apply Corporations Code Section 310 to the dispute. That statute, of course, applies only to corporations. I checked the records of the California Secretary of State and found that there had once been a California corporation named "Tencue Productions, Inc."