1963, United States: Published openly by Grove Press, the book was attacked by "decency" groups. The highest courts of New Jersey and Massachusetts declared it obscene; on March 21, 1966, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the unfavorable judgments, clearing "Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, also known as Fanny Hill" for publication.
1965, Illinois: Prosecution of the book in Illinois was a major factor in the closing of a bookstore, Paul Romaine, Books in Chicago, according to Mr. Romaine. During the period when the book was emerging in the open market, it was seized in Berlin, burned in Manchester, England and burned in Japan.
Source: Banned Books 387 B.C. to 1978 A.D., by Anne Lyon Haight, and Chandler B. Grannis, R.R. Bowker Co, 1978.